Which Ministry Role Fits You?
Ten questions about the work you enjoy match you to a track of church work, such as teaching and shepherding, worship and music, the church office or audio and video. You see the roles in that track and the jobs open in them today. An email is optional.
This free tool is made by Church Posting.
This quiz starts a conversation about the work you like. It is not a spiritual gifts assessment, and it does not decide a calling.
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Church staff work falls into a few kinds of daily work. The quiz scores each of these from your answers.
- Teaching and shepherding. You light up when you explain Scripture or sit with someone in a hard season. Roles include senior pastor, associate pastor, pastoral care minister.
- Children, youth and families. You do your best work with younger people and the adults who raise them. Roles include youth pastor, children's ministry director, young adult pastor.
- Worship and music. You want to shape what a congregation sings and how a service flows. Roles include worship leader, worship pastor, music director, church musician, organist.
- Running the church office. You keep people, calendars and details moving so the ministry can happen. Roles include church administrator, executive pastor, church secretary, church human resources staff.
- Finance and stewardship. You like numbers that are right and a budget that tells the truth. Roles include church accountant, church administrator, executive pastor.
- Audio, video and technology. You enjoy making a room sound, look and work well for everyone in it. Roles include church media director, technical director, church sound technician, church it director.
- Communications and design. You turn what the church is doing into words and images people understand. Roles include church communications director, church graphic designer.
- Outreach, groups and missions. You are drawn to connecting people to each other and to the neighborhood and world beyond the church. Roles include missions pastor, small groups pastor, church planter.
- Facilities and care of the property. You take pride in a building that is ready, safe and welcoming every week. Roles include church facilities manager, church custodian, church security director.
Pay differs by track. The church staff salary calculator shows posted pay for each role, and the job board lists every open role. If you are weighing a move into church work, the guide to finding a church job covers résumés, references and the questions churches ask.