Worship is a spiritual activity before it is an artistic one. If the focus of a worship leader is to bring people to an awareness of God, then the Bible is the ruler by which we should measure our effectiveness as worship leaders. Here are the five most important qualities of a worship leader who [...]

There was one Monday we had some sound glitches with during the evening service at The Living Faith Church. And that was such a pity. It was to the worship leader’s credit that he continued to lead worship well without letting the technical problems affect him noticeably.
What made it even more of a pity was [...]

Many worship ministers, even those who have served for some time in the worship ministry, feel unsure about their effectiveness in serving the people of God. This often causes them to either be defensive when feedback is given to them, or easily taken in by the latest fads in worship ministry, any thing that promises [...]

How do you improve yourself as a worship drummer? The supportive nature of your instrument means that growing in skill and maturity is less a question of developing more riffs and chops and more that of learning how to choose the right notes for a song.
The root problem for many worship drummers is this: they [...]

When it comes to playing the piano for contemporary worship, skill is less a matter of being able to play many notes quickly and more a question of choosing the right notes. If you want to improve your skill in playing the piano for the Lord in church, how can you do it? Other than [...]

The question I get asked the most by new worship leaders: how do I choose the right songs? Many people are told ‘just pray and let God lead you’, and when they don’t hear anything from God or they choose the wrong songs they get discouraged.
Choosing songs for a worship set is actually very simple [...]

If you lead worship for your church, small group or prayer meeting, one challenge you will have is keeping yourself from stagnating. It’s too easy to let yourself stop growing if you feel that you are doing an adequate job and everything is fine. Sometimes it’s a question of time: we do not have enough [...]

Many churches have difficulty finding quality musicians to play for their church services. “We’ve put up notices” they tell me. “And no one responds!” Even worse, they find themselves stuck with musicians with either inappropriate skills or poor attitudes, and have to make do because they couldn’t find anyone better.
If you want to have the [...]

If you are a worship leader or musician trying to serve in church effectively, or even a church pastor trying to make sense of your church worship ministry, it’s understandable if you are a little confused or discouraged.
Hosts of worship experts abound in the field today, giving different ideas, concepts and paradigms for worship ministry. [...]

First, they all wake up late.  Mom frantically rushes through the house, trying to get everyone up because they really overslept this time. Everyone washes up hurriedly, gulps down breakfast and then spends the next half-an-hour waiting for Mum to finish putting on her make-up. Dad is impatiently tapping his fingers, pacing up and down, [...]