Willow Creek Community Church is an egalitarian non-denominational, multi-site church in and across Chicagoland passionate about helping people take next steps to love God, love people, and change the world. 

As the Worship Pastor you will lead our congregation in powerfully engaging, highly experiential worship services that direct people into life-changing encounters with God. You will use your expertise to plan and execute weekend worship services at Willow Crystal Lake (approx 1,000+ attendance) in collaboration and alignment with the Central Arts & Worship team. In addition, you will shepherd and develop a volunteer team in the execution of each service, supporting the process to move ideas into excellent service elements and oversee each weekend experience.

Our church is a place where you can make a significant impact for God's kingdom based on how He has uniquely designed you, leading the people around you to become more like Jesus and showing the tangible love of Jesus both locally and globally. As a staff, we aim to foster a culture that has open hands to do whatever it takes to serve and support that mission, serving with humility and open hands. Wherever the need is, we step in. Nothing is above or beneath us to serve one another or our Church.

The salary range for this position is around $60,000 - $82,000 depending on experience and skill set. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, generous paid time off, parental leave, mental health counseling reimbursement, and more.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and execute excellent worship services through leading and supporting volunteers to execute each weekend service. 
• Act as the primary worship leader and provide pastoral moments to our congregation.
• Collaborate with the Campus Pastor, Production Manager and Central Arts & Worship Team to execute the vision and strategy for Willow Creek Community Church.
• Actively recruit, train, shepherd, encourage, and disciple volunteers for bands, vocalists, technology, and other weekend roles
• Work with the Junior High and High School Ministries in developing young worship leaders for their environments.
• May perform the duties of a pastor as needed and available, such as performing weddings and funerals, making hospital visits, providing crisis care assistance, etc.

Staff Values:

• Believing the Best | Trust is our default
• Commit to Candor | Kindness is our way
• Embrace Challenge | Grit is our style
• Setting the Tone | Joy is our attitude
• Choose Unity | Diversity is our strength

Success is defined as…

• Providing a dynamic worship environment that glorifies God and engages people while helping the whole Willow Crystal Lake team build a fantastic, Christ-centered culture that feels like a family.
• Building strength, unity, collaboration, and consistency within the Worship Pastor community for Willow Creek.

Preferred Skills and Experience

Skills/Competencies:

• Proficient worship leader and strong vocalist
• Ability to build and support effective teams
• Volunteer recruiting and engagement
• Strong in leadership and collaboration
• Skills in Music direction and technology (Playback and Abelton)

Personal Characteristics:

• Collaborative mindset
• High Emotional Intelligence and self awareness
• Strong Learning agility
• Team mentality
• Flexible and adaptable
• Team-Centric: Thinking about the “we” instead of “me”
• Current (or willing to become) regular attender of a Willow Creek church campus
• In alignment with Willow Creek’s vision, mission, values and beliefs

Education and Experience:

• Prior experience leading worship
• Experience leading volunteers
• Biblical training is a plus
• Instrumental ability is a plus