Does It Matter What We Sing? I noticed an article recently in a Christian publication claiming that a number of well known, much-used worship songs were actually unbiblical. The writer's arguments concerning specific songs were not particularly convincing, but it did raise an…
How To Lead A Worship Team Are you leading a music team in your local church? Or are you thinking about setting one up, and don't know where to begin? Stuart Townend lays the foundations for establishing an effective Worship Team.
Ability vs. Attitude Stuart Townend grapples with some common questions and problems faced by many of today's worship teams. I face the dilemma of ability v. attitude. We do have some very good musicians in the church, but they don't seem very committed to the worship…
Great Things In Small Packages So you have the task of leading worship in a small group. Just how do you start? Fear not. Stuart Townend shares some practical tips. If you're like me, your experience of worship in small groups will have been...well, varied. Worship times have…
Hearing And Being Heard Stuart Townend sets out what every team leader needs to know about PA systems. In an ideal world, worship teams could remain blissfully ignorant of PA systems and how they work: you could just leave it to the sound guys, safe in the knowledge that…
Journey Into Worship I often get asked, 'how did I 'get into worship leading'? The question always sounds a little strange to me, as if somewhere along the line I'd made some kind of smart career move, like 'getting into' share dealing or politics.
My Pastor Doesn't Understand Me There's no doubt about it. It's the most common single issue that crops up among the many worship teams I've talked to: conflict between worship team and church leadership. It gets expressed in a variety of ways: "the vicar insists on choosing all…
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