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10 Tests of Good Praise and Worship Leadership

How is your praise and worship leadership? How do you know if you are doing a good job? Here are a few guidelines that will help to quantify how you are doing as a praise and worship leader.

How Solitude and Leadership Work Together

Leaders desperately need what the ancients called silence and solitude to help us lead at our best. I suggest 8 benefits of solitude and leadership work together in your life.

Do You Have a Philosophy of Worship?

Does your congregation have a Philosophy of Worship? If you are developing your own standards for your worship ministry, this is a good place to start.

Can Worship and Doubt Coexist?

I once learned a great deal about the relationship between worship and doubt by looking at the two verses that come just before the famous Great Commission verses.

You Can’t Serve God and Entertainment

If we want to serve God with our whole hearts, we can't be serving entertainment at the same time. And really, why would we want to?

Help Your Church Break Out of Its Worship Comfort Zone

Comfort zone? What do we as Christian leaders do with this phrase? Is there such a thing as a worship comfort zone?

How To Be a True Worshiper

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

4 Ways To Really Prepare for Worship

Do you know how to prepare for worship on Sunday morning? If we aren’t prepared on Sunday to respond to God’s countless blessings that occurred all week, how could our worship leaders possibly lead enough songs to prepare us?

How To Recruit Great Volunteers

I asked Jeremiah Ricks, the Sunday production director for Celebration how the church can recruit great volunteers—particularly when it comes to media.

Worship Spectators or Participators?

If those of us who lead worship want congregants to be participators rather than spectators, then we must facilitate worship not just depending on our own strengths and abilities.

4 Keys To Get Useful Feedback on Your Worship Leading

In order to gain useful feedback, become a student of these peoples’ opinions, listening for the ‘thoughts behind the thoughts they offer.

How to Create a Healthy Worship Culture for Your Team

As a leader, there’s nothing more important than defining and protecting your team’s worship culture. A team’s success and failure rises on the health of its culture and how well it’s protected.

Mastering Adoration: How to Worship the Lord

Discover the ultimate guide to worship the Lord. Deepen your connection with God with resources and guidance for a meaningful spiritual life.

Fake Jesus: 10 Christ Figures We Should Stop Worshiping

Could you recognize a counterfeit Jesus? Jesus is still very popular these days, but we have to wonder, is each Jesus we meet in culture the real one?

2 Sure Signs It’s Time for a Worship Leader To Leave

How do you know when it';s time to move on from your church or ministry?

How To Be A Great Backup Singer

Don’t get offended when someone gives you tips to improve your voice and role as a backup singer. We’re all on a journey of improving our musical craft. Keep growing! Stay humble! Work hard.

5 Bedtime Prayers That Will Change Your Life

Bedtime prayers present a unique opportunity for us to connect with God. Bedtime prayer is an opportunity for us to reset, in a sense. To freshly connect with God. To properly align our hearts with God’s will before we go to sleep.

You Must Walk Through Brokenness Before You Appreciate Grace

It is essential to face our brokenness, no matter how much we don't want to. Despite how counterintuitive it seems, walking through our mess is the only way we can truly appreciate grace.

How to Worship With Our Wallets Apart From the Worship of Money

Giving money is not only an act of worship; it is also a means of breaking the worship of money in our lives so that we might worship God more freely and fully. Perhaps that’s one reason why costly giving is central to biblical worship.

5 Gifts Jesus Gives Us in the Lord’s Supper

When we read about the Lord's Supper in John 13, we discover not only the roots of the sacrament but also the secrets of Christian living. There are at least five diamonds shining out from the darkness of John 13.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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