Riverbend seeks a Worship Pastor who can honor the church’s legacy of musical excellence while shaping polished, creative, genre-diverse, and genuinely participatory worship. The role calls for an accomplished, humble musician and confident stage leader who can build strong relationships with Austin’s working musicians, develop staff and volunteers, and manage a complex worship ministry. The pastor must also thrive in Riverbend’s “radically orthodox, radically grace-filled” culture, making space for people across theological differences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan creative, high-quality, genre-diverse worship that is thoughtfully rehearsed and responsive to Riverbend’s theology, culture, and community.
• Lead on stage with humility and confidence, creating a consistent worship presence without making the ministry dependent on one personality.
• Recruit, develop, and coordinate staff, volunteer musicians, and Austin-area working artists; build a healthy culture of collaboration and shared ownership.
• Manage the worship ministry’s budget, schedules, service planning, and administrative systems, coordinating with communications and technical teams.
• Build relationships with the congregation and staff, helping people discover and contribute their gifts in worship and the broader life of the church.
• Explore ways for Riverbend to serve as a collaborative hub for worship and music in Austin.