Worship Ministry Training Podcast (For Worship Leaders)

When Coronavirus hit, just about every church in the world had to jump online with their services. For many worship leaders it was brand new territory, with lots of questions: How do we do online church well? How do we foster connection with our people and keep their attention? How do we make the services meaningful, engaging and impactful? Which livestream platforms are most reliable? What pitfal...

We all have various difficulties with our team members? Should we ever give up on some of them? When do we draw the line? Alex answers a coaching call from a new worship leader facing a difficult situation. RESOURCES MENTIONED: WMT 10-Week Mentorship!!!! ----- 13 Ways To Win When Starting At A New Church (Podcast) How To Have Difficult Conversations with Team Members (Podcast) Getting Started At Y...

What are the steps a church needs to take to achieve musical excellence? I stumbled across Celebration Church online and was impressed with their musical excellence, their sincere and passionate worship, and their high production value. Everything flowed so seamlessly, and seemed genuine and natural. In my second "Behind The Scenes" episode, we do a deep dive into their systems, structure, culture...

Video and Transcript: https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/use-this-time-wisely 🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy for Worship Lead...

Ministry has never been about making music. It's always been about making disciples. Namely, we make disciples THROUGH music (the songs shepherd our congregation), and through making music TOGETHER (doing life week to week with our team). Music is just the tool we use to make disciples. But practically how does this play out on our teams?    Disciple making can feel like a daunting and mysterious...

Every worship leader has a dream of some kind. Your dream might be to release an album, write a book, launch a YouTube channel, or host a conference. Whatever it is, it takes hard work, planning, a lot of wisdom, and God's favor to get your dream off the ground. Ryan Romeo is the master dreamer. At age 26, he had a dream to launch a national tour featuring the best and most well-known artists in t...

As leaders in the church, the needs are endless and the stakes are eternal. This can lead many church leaders to throw themselves into their ministries at unhealthy and unsustainable paces. Many ministers burn out.  Carey Nieuwhof   was one of those ministers.   As the founding and senior pastor of one of Canada's largest and most influential churches, Carey burned out at age 42. Almost a decade l...

Video and Transcript: https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/stewardship 🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy for Worship Leaders (15 d...

The bass guitar is such an incredibly important instrument in a worship band context. Bass carries all the energy, and when played properly can really help your church enter in and engage during musical worship. Yet many bass players take the wrong approach to their playing in a worship setting. Worship calls for a specific style of playing. In this episode I share four key concepts to keep in min...

I get a lot of emails from worship leaders asking for advice and counsel, and I am always happy to help! Some churches require even more help than a simple email response, so I recently started offering coaching services for an affordable rate. If your church needs some guidance or coaching, feel free to email me at  alex@worshipministrytraining.com  and we can try to get something on the calendar...

Ministry can be a very discouraging vocation. The discouragement can be caused by a whole host of issues: criticism from church members, lack of participation in worship, a church that seems stuck or dying, relational conflicts with key leaders, family problems, and even betrayal by ministry allies. So how do we press on in ministry when times get hard? How do we keep going when we feel like givin...

What is a music director in a worship band? What do they do? And how does it differ from the worship leader? Why should you consider creating a music director position? What type of person makes for a good music director? How do you pull it off from a technical standpoint? And what are some of the best practices and pitfalls to avoid in order to be successful at it? Those are the questions we will...

Video and Transcript here:  http://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/do-you-feel-unworthy-to-serve   🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy...

Every church has its unique set of problems. But church size definitely plays a role in the types of problems you have (enough so that Dr. Tim Keller wrote a free book about it). Small churches face a unique set of challenges, such as limited personnel, limited talent, limited budget, and more. But how do you overcome these seemingly insurmountable obstacles to create a thriving and excellent mini...

Link to video and transcript: https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/prepare-before   🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy for Worship...

Ever wonder what worship ministries are like at other churches? In a new format of the podcast, I'm talking to churches that are doing things well to find out what goes on behind the scenes in their worship ministry. First up is Crossroads Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Crossroads boasts over 35,000 people in attendance in their weekend services. Wow! Let's find out what their worship ministry looks...

Link to video and transcript:  https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/lets-celebrate-not-compete   🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy...

Video and Transcript:  https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/play-selflessly-not-selfishly 🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy for Wo...

Speaking onstage can be a daunting task (in many polls it's identified as humanity's number one fear). And yet a huge part of the worship leader's role today involves public speaking. The good news is that, just like anything in life, with practice and intention, you can improve your public speaking ability. A skilled orator can lift people's eyes, imaginations, and hearts to the throne of God, in...

Link to video and transcript: https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/be-what-you-want-to-see-in-the-team 🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 A...

Video and Transcript available here:  https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/why-i-dont-want-you-to-make-mistakes   🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTd...

Many churches struggle, fight, and (often) even split over musical style and preferences. This is a sad reality, because music is a gift to build the church, not a weapon to destroy it. In this month's episode I talk with Mike Harland, the Director Lifeway Worship about what caused the "Worship Wars" of the 80's and 90's, how the fallout is still affecting us today, and how we can move beyond it t...

Video and Transcript available here:  https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/lips-and-hearts   🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy for...

Video and Transcript available here:  https://ccsbworship.weebly.com/blog/focus-friday-1-focus 🔥 Free Worship Leader Starter Kit - https://bit.ly/WMTkit   💻 Free Worship Leader Course - https://bit.ly/WMT-course   📖 Free Set Building E-Book - https://bit.ly/WMT-book   🎙️ Podcast for Worship Leaders - https://bit.ly/WMTpod   📄 Free Devos for Worship Teams - https://bit.ly/WMTdevos   🎓 Academy...

At some point in your ministry life you will transition out of your current role and into something new. Whether you are switching churches, or just changing roles within the same church, you will need some wisdom to guide you through that process. Thankfully, others have gone before you and can offer guidance. Mack Brock , the renowned songwriter, producer, and worship leader for Evelation Worshi...