Churchfront Podcast

In this episode, you'll hear an audio version of a live youtube stream Q&A Jake and I did to hear your questions and give our answers! Don't forget to checkout churchfront.com to learn more about how to grow you and grow your ministry!

On today's episode, Jake sits down with Heights Music members, Surge, Surge, and Brett and yes there are two guys named Surge on the team. We work through all the naming through the episode. Heights Music recently released an album we're really a fan of, but even more than their recent album, we wanted to sit down and talk about how they care for their church in their leadership from the stage. In...

In this episode Jake and I want to to help you get results by correctly and efficiently resourcing your team with the right chord charts & mp3 files for your team. It can be daunting to know where to start, so we dive into every option from CCLI, PraiseCharts, ChordPro with Planning Center, lead sheets, and Nashville numbers! Hopefully after this Roundtable, you feel like you have a good under...

In this episode Jake chats with Cody Patterson who is the Marketing Director for Renewed Vision which makes Propresenter software and many others that have been serving the church these days. Facebook Official ProPresenter Users' Group Renewed Vision Renewed Vision Youtube Apply to Work With Churchfront

In this episode, Jake and I sit down and talk about the secret 2 step process to finding and recruiting new worship team members! It really is simple and it really is easy! If you want more guidance in your ministry like this, head to Churchfront Apply

In this episode, Jake sits down with Andi Rozier. Andi is a worship leader and song writer at Harvest Bible Church in Chicago Illinois and also writes songs for Vertical Church Worship. Andi has many great pieces of wisdom to share with worship leaders about how to stay in ministry long term, important questions to ask yourself, and things to keep in mind when it comes to your calling and leading...

In this episode, Jake and I discuss the leadership move that separates all the level 1 leaders from the level 10 leaders. Level 10 leaders have developed the systems to replace themselves so the entire ministry or business is not dependent on them alone - but it can run just fine with other team members. This prevents celebrity culture and it sets the ministry/business up for success years down th...

In today's episode, Luke sits down in person with Ben Haley who is a pastor at Calvary Englewood in Englewood Colorado. Ben has served as a worship leader at the Calvary Family of Churches and has raised up other worship leaders to be sent to plant churches and be a part of church revitalization! Ben and Luke discuss the importance of character traits in worship leaders when it comes to what we lo...

In this episode, Jake and I might catch some of you off guard totally caught in the day to day tasks forgetting that the season of Advent and Christmas Eve services are right around the corner. We've listed a few resources below for you to get the most out of your planning and have listed a few of our favorite spots for go to material to incorporate. Planning Center Online The Worship Sourcebook T...

In this episode, Jake chats with Dave Miller who serves with Slingshot as well as Leadership Pathway. Dave and Jake talk all about internships. Leadership pathway specializes in coaching churches on how to lead great internship experiences and partners the right candidates with the appropriate church. Dave mentions a lot of personality tests you can find in the links below that have great self awa...

In this episode, Jake and Luke sit down and Jake walks us through the setup and execution for sermon capture (both audio and video) at Mission Lakewood. Many listeners want to know how to capture the video and audio for podcasts, youtube channels, and posting your sermons or services to your website. This is not an in depth review of gear, but it is a 30,000 ft view of the processes you need. Anyt...

In this episode, Jake has a conversation with Jonathan Malm. You may know Jonathan from sites like Churchstagedesignideas.com Sundaysocial.tv or some of his books, one of his most recent being The Come Back Effect. We chat with Jonathan about worship leaders and the crucial part they play in hospitality on a Sunday morning during the church service. How do guests feel? How do introverts feel? Is t...

In this episode of the Roundtable, Jake and I chat through the biggest roadblock that is prolonging your growth and your ministry's growth and that is: COMFORT We chat through some of the high level ways that getting comfortable and not being able to get uncomfortable in your leadership can be the biggest roadblock to success. We also try to give some tangible examples and a few next steps but ult...

In today's episode, Jake sits down with Will Johnson. Will and Jake went to college together and are both leading worship at churches post graduation life. Jake asks Will questions about leading effective rehearsals, how to prepare for rehearsals, and how to connect on an audio level with your audio engineer. We've included a link ****HERE**** to a "roadmap" Will mentioned he uses. We hope it spar...

In this episode, Jake and I sit down and chat about worship leader tips that have nothing to do with worship leading, except they have EVERYTHING to do with worship leading. It all boils down to the lessons we've learned about self care over the years of worship leading, but I think it'll help those listening who might just need a course correction, or a checkup on their own self care. Take note o...

In this episode, Jake has a conversation with Tim Foot about the benefits of a church using a staffing service like Slingshot, navigating the tension of calling & career, and having logistical conversations when you get hired by a church in regards to salary. Tim talks us through the slingshot process as well as gives a small plug to his friend Dave Miller and leadership pathway and its reside...

In this episode, Jake and I sit down and give you a piece by piece rundown of our setup for us as worship leaders. This is not an in depth A/V breakdown of our entire tech setup as a church, but rather just the necessities we have with us on a Sunday morning to lead worship. Luke's comes from a guest worship leader perspective and Jake's is a more consistent, but ever changing and growing setup. W...

In this episode, Jake interviews Bradford Mitchell from Worship Tutorials. Bradford and the team at Worship Tutorials have a vision to help people lead excellent and authentic worship in every church so Worshiptutorials.com has tons of resources for worship leaders, keys players, and guitar players looking to take the next step in their musicianship & leadership. Worshiptutorials Instagram Fac...

In this episode, Luke and Jake sit down and debunk the myths around real time pitch correction in contemporary worship ministry. There are a lot of misconceptions about the authenticity of the ministry when real time pitch correction is used. Jake and I talk about how easy it is to set up, and how to use this technology with intentionality and taste How to Setup Live Auto-Tune for Worship Vocals D...

In this episode, Jake chats with Matt Garkusha, the man behind the youtube channel Worship Bass Tutorials. Matt and Jake talk about common mistakes they see in worship team bass players, simple ways to improve, and they dive into some gear talk to get the most efficient and effective bass rig up and running. Matt plays bass at a Hope Church in Simpsonville South Carolina. To check out what Hope Ch...

In this roundtable Monday episode, Jake and Luke sit down and dive into what is Dante Audio Networking, how do I get up and running with Dante Audio Networking, and why should I consider Dante Audio Networking. Churchfront Dante Audio Networking Youtube Worship Tech Tour - Deer Creek Church

In this episode Jake sits down with pastor and leadership coach Jacob Schmelzer. Jacob Schmelzer is a pastor at Joy Church in Eugene Oregon and also has his own coaching business where he helps churches leverage digital marketing and technology to see growth. Jake and Jacob talk about how worship leaders help this process and hinder it as well. They also dive into the role technology plays in the...

In this episode, Jake sits down with Brian Wahl and Bradford Mitchell from Worshiptutorials.com The Churchfront team and the Worshiptutorials team visited the Faithlife headquarters in Washington and were able to go live and answer some of your questions and we thought it'd be a great episode to post. A big thanks to Faithlife for the opportunity and hospitality. Mentions: Faithlife Behringer PM1...

Brian talks about how to be productive, maintain work/life balance, and develop the next worship leaders in your church! Jake and Brian reference a number of books listed below: 5 Levels of Leadership - https://www.amazon.com/Levels-Leadership-Participant-Guide/dp/0986022012/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3OCJ6S28E9YLD&keywords=5+levels+of+leadership+john+maxwell&qid=1567456132&s=gateway&sprefix=...

In This episode, Luke and Jake sit down and discuss some of the benefits of higher education ministry degrees, but more importantly we attempt to make listeners aware of some of the the shortcomings we feel ministry degrees have by naming some of the things we deal with today in ministry that we didn't learn in higher education. For more free content to help grow you and your ministry visit church...