PORT CITY CHURCH
CREATIVE ARTS & WORSHIP PASTOR
ABOUT THE CHURCH
Port City Church is a high-energy nondenominational church in Muskegon, Michigan, with two campuses: Cloverville and McGraft, and a third campus launching in 2027. The mission is to “Reach our City, Restore the Broken, and Release people with Purpose.” Port City emphasizes helping people meet Jesus, grow in authentic community, discover their gifts, and live on mission. Its worship gatherings include music and biblical teaching, with Sunday services at both campuses and an additional Thursday service at Cloverville. Port City is a family-focused church that helps people of all ages find connection, support, and meaningful next steps. Through ministries for children, students, adults, recovery, baptism, small groups, and serving, the church creates pathways for people to grow in faith and community. Port City is theologically conservative while valuing unity in essentials, liberty in non-essentials, and charity in all beliefs.
Creative Arts & Worship Pastor | Multi-Campus Lead
Position
Port City Church
Church
Muskegon, MI
Location
1200 in-person | 800 online
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ABOUT THE LOCATION
Muskegon, Michigan, is a wonderful place to work and raise a family because it offers a strong mix of career opportunities, affordability, natural beauty, and community life. Located along Lake Michigan, Muskegon County features beaches, parks, trails, rivers, and year-round outdoor recreation. Families can enjoy the lakefront, Michigan’s Adventure, winter sports, local festivals, restaurants, and a growing downtown arts and culture scene. The area also offers a variety of educational options, including public, private, charter, and faith-based schools, giving families choices that fit their children’s needs. With its welcoming community and access to both outdoor adventure and family-friendly amenities, Muskegon is a place where families can put down roots and thrive.
M U S K E G O N, M I
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Creative Arts & Worship Pastor leads worship at the main campus while providing directional oversight to additional campuses. This role shapes worship culture, develops teams, executes creative vision, and ensures spiritually meaningful, excellent, and aligned weekend environments across the church.
The ideal candidate brings strong character, vocal leadership, emotional maturity, and a low-ego, high-trust posture. They pursue excellence without perfectionism, welcome feedback, develop others, and thrive as a self-starting leader in a fast-moving, vision-driven culture.
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Primary Campus Worship Leadership
Serve as the primary lead worshiper at the main campus.
Plan and execute weekly worship gatherings with excellence and intentionality.
Collaborate closely with senior leadership to ensure worship environments align with the overall vision and series direction.
Multi-Campus Directional Leadership
Provide directional oversight and vision to worship teams at two additional campuses.
Ensure consistency of culture, standard, and spiritual depth across all three locations.
Develop and empower campus worship leaders to lead with growing autonomy.
Team Development & Culture Building
Actively recruit, audition, and develop musicians, vocalists, and technical creatives.
Build a culture where volunteers are known, developed, and released into ministry.
Lead regular team gatherings focused on both skill development and spiritual formation.
Creative Arts Oversight
Oversee the creative and production elements of weekend gatherings.
Maintain a high standard of quality across audio, lighting, visual, and staging environments.
Continuously evaluate and improve the worship experience with a detail-oriented, iterative approach.
FIVE C’S OF A GREAT FIT
Confident and engaging lead worshiper who can guide the congregation both musically and spiritually.
Detail-oriented leader who pursues excellence through intentionality, refinement, and continuous improvement.
Proven developer of people who recruits, equips, builds teams, and raises new leaders.
Self-starter who takes initiative, stays aligned, and turns big-picture vision into meaningful worship environments.
CHARACTER
CALLING
Experience leading worship in a primary campus or large-gathering setting.
Ability to provide directional oversight to worship teams across multiple campuses.
Skill in planning and executing weekly worship gatherings with excellence and spiritual depth.
Capacity to oversee creative and production elements, including audio, lighting, visuals, and staging.
Demonstrates genuine humility, teachability, and a deep, authentic relationship with Jesus.
Lives with consistent integrity in both public and private life.
Leads with emotional maturity, composure, and steadiness in a fast-paced environment.
Operates with high trust and low ego, welcoming feedback and prioritizing team health.
CREDENTIALS
Called to lead worship as pastoral discipleship, not simply as performance.
Passionate about helping people encounter God through spiritually meaningful worship environments.
Committed to developing others and releasing people into ministry rather than becoming a bottleneck.
Energized by building something lasting through worship, creative arts, and team culture.
COMPETENCIES
Thrives in a fast-moving, vision-driven, excellence-focused church environment.
Works well in close alignment with senior leadership and welcomes refinement as part of the process.
Brings organizational clarity to creative work while staying relationally healthy and low-friction.
Comfortable serving without needing the spotlight or full autonomy.