Free People Church

Worship Pastor Application

Please complete the Worship Pastor Application. Take your time and answer completely and honestly.

Requirements

The following are the requirements needed to be able to serve as the Worship Pastor at Free People Church

A saved, baptized, mature, humble and growing believer in Jesus Christ
At least 5 years experience leading worship in a modern context (with a modern band setup that uses tracks, loops, etc.)
Has experience writing and releasing original worship songs/music)
Has a charismatic background (or experience with the Holy Spirit) and is familiar with all the spiritual gifts (even if you don’t personally have certain ones) and how they function in the Church.
Agrees with our Basic Beliefs and Volunteer Standards (see links below)

basic beliefs

Volunteer Standards

Personal Info

First Name

Last Name

Address 1

Address 2

Country

City

State

Zip/Postal Code

Phone Number

Birth Date

Marital Status

Have you ever been divorced? (if so, how many times)*

How long have you been married to your current spouse?*

List the names and ages of your children (if applicable)*

Personal References

Please list 2 references who are leaders in organizations or ministries you’ve served in in the past who can speak to both your skill and character, etc.

Reference 1:

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Email Address

Relationship

Reference 2:

First Name

Last Name

Phone Number

Email Address

Christian Background & Experience

Briefly describe your salvation experience.

Have you been water baptized?

How long have you been a serious follower of Christ?

Have you experienced a baptism/filling of the Holy Spirit? (and if so briefly describe what happened)

Have you ever led someone to pray to receive Christ as Lord (salvation)?

Have you been through or been trained in Deliverance ministry?

Have you been trained in the 5 Step Healing Prayer Model? (John Wimber)

In what areas of Church life have you served in the past, and how are you currently serving?

Have you ever received Deliverance/inner healing prayer and if so what was your experience...

Of the following, which have you experienced or do you experience regularly?
Speaking in tongues
Dreams
Visions
Words of Knowledge
Prophecy (or prophetic words)
Healing

Marriage (if applicable, otherwise leave blank)

How is your spouse supportive of you and your ministry? How does ministry frustrate him/her?

How does your spouse feel about living in southwestern, rural Ohio?

Briefly describe your greatest struggle in your marriage and how you’ve dealt with it. (If married)

Character

Briefly describe your greatest sin struggle in life up until now and how you dealt with it.

Briefly describe the most difficult season of life you’ve ever been through and how you got through it.

What is your current greatest temptation on a regular basis and how do you handle it?

Have you ever been to counseling? If so briefly describe why and what the experience was like...

Have you ever struggled with pornography or sexual immorality in any past season, and how did you deal with it?

Briefly describe the most difficult conversation you had to have with someone, why you go through with it, and what were the results?

How do you deal with criticism?

Approximately how much debt do you have financially and what type? (house, cars, student loans, credit cards, etc.)

Do you tithe to your local church/ministry, how long have you done so, and approximately what percentage of your income?

If you became aware of a good friend falling into sin (sexual immorality, drug use/drunkenness, etc.), how would you respond?

If a good friend who served under your leadership in ministry quit unexpectedly and then proceeded to spread slander/lies about you, how would you respond? If you have an example please share...

What are some key habits or things you do you maintain your integrity and guard yourself from temptation/sin?

Worship Leadership (Competency)

Please share a link to a video of you leading worship at your current (most recent) church/ministry. This could be a church’s livestream or personal YouTube, etc. If you don’t have a video please explain why.

Please share 2 links to 2 videos of you leading 2 of your favorite songs with just an acoustic guitar or piano/keys and your voice – ONE UPBEAT and one mid/slow tempo (ballad). (Could be originals or songs you do in church, but at least one needs to be a well known worship song)

Please share a link (YouTube) to you playing your favorite song you’ve written for corporate worship in the last year or two, with just keys or acoustic and your voice.

Briefly describe how you felt called to the worship ministry and what was that experience like?

How long have you been leading worship?

What instruments do you play, and which ones do you regularly lead worship with?

Please list any worship ministries (or bands) you’ve been involved in, how long you were a part of each, and what your role was (bullet point list)...

What are the practical ways you try to be sensitive to the Spirit while leading a band during worship?*

How do you balance being sensitive to the Spirit when leading worship with a band while being mindful of the song structure the band rehearsed and rest of the service order (sermon, announcements, time, etc.)?

Please give an example of a time when you had a team member that had a consistent bad attitude or made negative comments and how you dealt with it?

Briefly describe how you would handle a team member that confesses struggling with a major sin (sex outside of marriage, drug use/drunkenness)? If you have an example please share...

Briefly describe how you would handle a team member who has a theological issue that is contrary to what the church teaches. If you have an example please share...

Briefly describe how you would handle a team member that wants to lead worship but doesn’t feel the need to sit and hear the sermons or be involved in the church in a greater way? If you have an example please share...

Briefly describe your preferred process to recruit and audition new people for the worship team?

If your pastor asked you to do a song you didn’t like or connect with at all, how would you respond?

If your pastor made a last minute change to cut a song or change the service order, how would you respond?

If your pastor consistently made major last minute changes to the service order (cutting songs, adding songs, etc.) how would you respond?

Briefly describe your preferred method of planning a worship set for a given service or event...

How do you handle discerning which songs you should lead vs. other talented worship leaders on the team on a weekly basis?

Why do you want to be the Worship Pastor of Free People Church?

Personality (Chemistry)

It’s not only important that you are a person of character and competency, but that you also fit in well with our current team, because we view church as family and want our staff to be awesome friends! Therefore we want to know about your personality, your favorite things, and what makes you, you! Please go to the following sites and complete the personality assessments and enter your results below.

MBTI (10 min):

List your 4-letter profile: http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

Spiritual Gifts (15 min):

List your top 5 “gifts” IN ORDER of rank http://www.spiritualgiftstest.com/test/adult

Spiritual Leadership Style (10-15 min) :

List the three elements of your Leadership Style in ORDER of highest/strongest to lowest/weakest (Strategy, Chemistry, Spirituality) http://sixstyles.org/assessment.php?type=2

List your overall Leadership Profile/Style (Sacred, Relational, Inspirational, Building, Missional, Imaginative)?

Enneagram:

If you already know your “number”, simply list it. Otherwise go to the link below and complete and then list your number: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test

What are your favorite two movies and why?

What are your two favorite books you’ve read (or listened to) in the past year and why were they so good?

What are your favorite hobbies and what do you do for fun?

How do you relax/recharge?

Briefly describe your sense of humor. What makes you laugh?

Songwriting & Artistry

Please list any churches, ministries, bands, organizations or labels you’ve written songs for (or any other relevant writing/coaching experience), how long you were involved with them, and what your role was (writer, lead singer/performer, etc.)

How long have you written songs and approx. how many songs total have you written total since starting?

Do you write solely for worship or other songs as well?

Who are your biggest musical/songwriting influences and why?

Who are your top 3 favorite WORSHIP artists/bands/churches?

Who are your favorite 3 NON-worship musical artists?

How many songs have you written that have been done by your church (or other/previous ministries/churches/bands)?

What is your dream when it comes to original music/songwriting? Be honest and share your heart! Like if everything went awesome and fell into place over the next 5 years, where do you see yourself (worship albums, radio, writing for others/labels, etc.)

What producers or other artists/songwriters have you worked with? (if applicable)

Please list any links to any original music albums/recordings you released (or from a church you wrote/performed with) that were professionally produced (aka not YouTube videos of you at home, etc)

Theology Alignment

What is your definition of worship (in your own words)?

Why is it important that we worship together in church each week, specifically using music/singing?

How do you differ in any beliefs, theology or practices from our Basic Beliefs and Volunteer Standards?

What is your understanding of healing as the Bible teaches?

What is your view of the causes of sickness and disease?

How much of sickness, disease, mental problems, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, etc. do you believe has spiritual (aka demonic) cause vs natural causes?

Do you believe someone has to speak in tongues to have received the baptism of the Spirit, or can they be filled without having spoken in tongues?

If you do not speak in tongues, what is your opinion of others who do?

Describe a time when someone has a spiritual experience or gift that seemed “weird” to you and how you responded.*

How would you shepherd worship team members that love to speak in tongues or prophesy while leading worship?

Briefly describe your view of Divorce as the Bible teaches?

Briefly describe your view of LGBT+ lifestyles as the Bible teaches?

Final Confirmation

You did it! You're almost done! This is your last chance to go back and review or change anything. When you're satisfied with everything, hit the submit button. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail, and we'll be in touch when we review your application.

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Worship Pastor Application

Requirements

The following are the requirements needed to be able to serve as the Worship Pastor at Free People Church

Personal Info

Personal References

Please list 2 references who are leaders in organizations or ministries you’ve served in in the past who can speak to both your skill and character, etc.

Reference 1:

Reference 2:

Christian Background & Experience

Marriage (if applicable, otherwise leave blank)

Character

Worship Leadership (Competency)

Personality (Chemistry)

Songwriting & Artistry

Theology Alignment

Final Confirmation

You did it! You're almost done! This is your last chance to go back and review or change anything. When you're satisfied with everything, hit the submit button. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail, and we'll be in touch when we review your application.

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