Churchfront Podcast

In this episode, Jake chats with Erik Reed & Brett Perkins. Erik & Brett share some strategies they've used in their ministry context and why they saw a need to cancel their live stream for this season of their church's ministry. You can check out their music they're writing in the links below. If you enjoy the conversation, let us know by leaving a rating or review on apple podcasts. Jour...

In this episode, we interview a Worship Ministry School graduate, Patrick Billings, who went through our Accelerator Program. Patrick shares about his church, his specific goals he wanted to accomplish, and the things he learned along the way. If you want to check out his church you can do so by visiting https://mvfchurch.com/about-us If you want to check out Birddog products for NDI integration,...

In this episode we share with you an incredible talk from Adaeze Brinkman at Churchfront Live 2022. Adaeze brings conviction, inspiration, and reflection on loving Jesus, not just the act of performing on a worship or tech team for the church. We hope you'll enjoy. Join us at the Churchfront Live Conference: https://www.churchfrontlive.com/ www.worshipministryschool.com

In this episode, we chat with Jorge Diaz, a recent graduate of the Worship Ministry School Accelerator Program. Jorge shares his experience implementing the strategies and tools he learned in the program with his worship and production teams at his church plant. If you're interested in joining the Accelerator Program in Worship Ministry School, you can get more details by chatting with one of our...

In this episode, Adam recaps the different pillars of Worship and Tech ministry that he helped with at a church in Alamosa, Colorado who is a part of our Worship Accelerator Pro program in Worship Ministry School. https://youtu.be/n8tlkUTxFFg www.worshipministryschool.com

In this episode, we head to the infamous Churchfront Facebook group to answer some of our community's questions that have popped up on the page recently. We know not everyone's a facebook user, so we thought we'd answer them on our podcast, but we also thought they were fun questions to dive into discussion about. You can see the links to some of the things we discussed below, and don't forget to...

In today's episode, we bring you a great keynote from our most recent Churchfront Live event and one of our great friends James Attaway. James gives some great steps to take your ministry team from amateur to pro when it comes to stewarding church tech whether you're a volunteer or a staff member at a church. In every episode of the Churchfront podcast we aim to help you focus on a pillar of worsh...

In today's episode, I have a great conversation with Todd Rukes of Ruke's Search Group and we really focus on a critical pillar of any worship or tech leader in the church and that is pastoral clarity. This episode is brought to you by Worship Ministry School. Worship Ministry School is an online learning platform for worship leaders and tech leaders and their volunteers to learn the pillars of wo...

In today's episode we are bringing you a keynote from the Churchfront Live conference that may be one of the biggest challenges churches are dealing with today. It all revolves around leveraging the visual technology your church has with lighting. We brought in some experts from Pro Church Lights to give our listeners and attendees of the conference 10 lighting hacks which is a fancy way of saying...

In this episode, Joel and Luke sit down to chat through the Advent season from a worship leader's perspective. Advent may be familiar or unfamiliar to you, but it has significant impacts on how we lead our people through a truly unique and special season. All the resources Joel mentions are listed with links below if you want to dig into some additional education around the season of Advent. The W...

In this episode, Adam and Luke, coaches in Worship Ministry School recap Adam's most recent trip to Community Fellowship Church where one of our Worship Accelerator Pro students in Worship Ministry School took advantage of 4 on site days with a member of the Churchfront team to help dial in technology, streamline systems, and optimize the ministry for volunteers. If you're interested in how the Ac...

In this episode you'll hear a keynote from Churchfront Live 2022 given by Zac Hicks. Zack titled his talk Gospel-Centered Worship: How to Put Jesus First in Music and Production and it does not disappoint. Zac brings scripture, resources, and thought provoking insights into how to lead our ministries with the Gospel at the center. https://zachicks.com www.churchfrontlive.com www.worshipministrysch...

In this episode, we chat with one of our Accelerator students, Lauren Pate. Lauren Pate had never been a worship leader before stepping into her part time role at her church and joining worship ministry school. She's got a full time job as a wife and mother of her wonderful kids, and she was passionate about stewarding the ministry well. We talk about how she navigated the unique season and walked...

If you've ever wanted a one stop shop where you can list checklists, training videos, pdf's, cheat sheets, walk throughs - you name it for your volunteers on your worship or tech teams, Zach Brown has created that very resource and is giving it away for free! Check out this episode where we do a deep dive on all the great possibilities when using Notion for your worship & tech ministry. You ca...

Rob Brockman is one of 3 cohosts of the Worship God podcast and we are big fans of the Worship God podcast. They're supplying resources to worship leaders all over the world for how to think more theologically about the songs they plan, the methods they use to pastor their teams, and the way they engage with the people in their congregation. In this episode we talk about congregational singing, so...

Michael Curtis - systems engineer No one loves painting on a wet paper napkin nor does anyone enjoy mixing on a poorly designed PA system. Michael speaks to the key influences in the process of designing a PA system for a church. If you want more training and resources, you can check out Michael's youtube channel where he puts out new trainings and videos every week. If you want to check out the v...

What do guitars, mountain bikes and your worship team all have in common? Jason Houtsma speaks to it in today's episode. Jason Houtsma runs a platform called Worship Artistry where the user experiences a private music teacher environment to learn the latest worship songs on drums, guitar, keys, and vocals. Your whole team can get access and they're adding to their catalogue daily. This is an incre...

In this episode, Zac Hicks gives us tools to help us plan and improve the accuracy and effectiveness of what we say or pray between songs as worship leaders. Zac dives into John 14:26-27 as well as John 16:13-14 to direct us to what Jesus says about the Holy Spirit and how that context might help us understand planning vs. spontaneous leadership during our worship services. Don't forget to check o...

In this episode, we recapped Adam's trip to Hilton Head Presbyterian Church where he visited Josh Miles who is an Accelerator Pro student in Worship Ministry School. Accelerator Pro members get 4 onsite days with a Churchfront team member to optimize their systems, train their volunteer teams, and tweak systems that need attention to get the results of the Worship Ministry School student. If you'r...

Jonathan Malm, author of the Volunteer Effect, Unwelcome, and the Comeback Effect as well as the founder of Sunday Social and Churchstagedesignideas.com joins us to discuss 3 key ideas regarding volunteers in our churches. Jonathan Malm's Intagram Bulk Buy the Volunteer Effect on Baker House Publishing for Your Team The Volunteer Effect on Amazon churchstagedesignideas.com www.worshipministryschoo...

In today's episode Jake walks through 10 lighting tips to improve your lighting at your church. This doesn't even mean you have to buy new fixtures, you can use these tips with the lights you already have! The tips Jake brings will bring a ton of value and help you improve your in person experience and remove distraction as well as enhance the broadcast experience because your camera sensors will...

In this episode, the Churchfront team recaps Adam's trip to North Sound Church, one of our Accelerator Pro members and talked through how Adam was able to take the ministry to the next level and equip their team without purchasing new gear, but rather optimizing what they already had. Click on the link below to check out Chris & Casey's story in their testimonial Chris & Casey Testimonial...

In part 2 of this series at the Worship Pastor's desk, our resident contributor Zac Hicks opens the Scriptures that help us understand our God who delights in, commands, and meets us through singing. Zephenia 3:14-18 Colossians 2:13-15 Luke 23:46 Psalm 31:5 Matthew 27:46 John 19:28 Galatians 2 Be sure to check out Zac's book, the Worship Pastor www.worshipministryschool.com

In today's episode, we talk about the hottest news in worship tech. Linked below are some of our most noticeable mentions https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemsdi https://renewedvision.com/propresenter/whats-new/ https://lightkeyapp.com/en/releasenotes www.worshipministryschool.com

In part 1 of this 2 part episode, our resident contributor Zac Hicks opens the Scriptures that help us understand our God who delights in, commands, and meets us through singing. Be sure to check out Zac's book, the Worship Pastor www.worshipministryschool.com