Worship leader interview questions

Questions the committee asks

1. What do you consider the main responsibilities of a worship leader in the life of the church?
2. What is your theology of worship and how has it impacted the way you plan and lead?
3. Why do you want to lead worship at this church?
4. How have you worked with a worship committee and other ministry staff to plan individual services as well as themes for later in the calendar year?
5. What does your weekly schedule look like?
6. What music do you listen to?
7. What is your music involvement outside the church?
8. What does your personal worship life look like?
9. How familiar are you with worship technology?
10. How do you recruit people to participate in various roles?
11. What skill level do you require of musicians and others participating in some way?

Quoted from The Covenant Companion, 11 questions search committees should ask potential worship leaders (October 23, 2015).

Questions to ask the committee

Candidates in ministry forums name these as the questions they wish they had asked before saying yes.

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Before the interview

• Read the church’s statement of faith on its own website. Every job on Church Posting quotes the confession the church names, when it names one.
• Know the pay. The BLS median for this kind of role in churches is on the worship leader salary page.
• Keep your ministry profile current, so you can apply with one click where a church takes applications here.

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