Depending on the church background you grew up in, what does it look like to pray together in worship? What are the benefits of written prayers said together in corporate worship? Where do I start if you’re a worship leader looking to incorporate richer times of prayer into your church’s worship?

Are you a new Worship Leader or Pastor? Are you a Lead Pastor or elder trying to understand what a healthy worship ministry looks like? There are a lot of things to consider and it can be overwhelming knowing where to start. Here is an introduction to 10 main categories to think through for worship ministry in your church.

Thinking through the various systems in a worship ministry can be tricky. What should our budget be? How do we plan for purchasing equipment for worship? Is there a process for people getting involved in the worship ministry? This outline will help you begin to think through what this looks like so you can set your teams up for success.

Do you have a system for running effective rehearsals that lead to great Sunday mornings? What about helping your team grow as disciples? Have you thought through how to develop the next generation of worship leaders? Here are some great questions to help you think through some critical areas of worship ministry.

How do I help transition my church from traditional to contemporary worship? How do I keep things from exploding as I do so? Here are some highly practical principals to use when looking to help your church transition worship styles.

Are you new to worship ministry and looking for some of the best books to help you? Want to learn to be a great worship leader and lead theologically rich and transformative worship but don't have time or money to go to seminary? Here are the top books I've come across while doing worship ministry for the last 23 years.

Leadership struggles are common in all churches. If you were to ask who is supposed to lead the church, you will get a lot of different answers. There are 3 main models for leadership in a church. Here is how they often lead to struggles. Is there a better model for how leadership should work in the local church?

How should church leadership be set up? The church often borrows from the business world or government. This often leads to power struggles and division in the church. Jesus showed us a better way while he was here on earth.

Why do we call the preacher pastor? Why do we call some people pastors but not others? Why do we seem to have so many fights over who can be a pastor and who can’t? We need a clear definition that helps us see the difference between the role and the gift. Additionally, maybe we need to use a different word to help clear un any misunderstandings.

Did you know that as you pick songs for your congregation to sing each week in worship, you are essentially creating your own hymnal? The amount of songs you choose each year, the themes you pick, or don’t pick all have an effect on the worship of the people in your church. What does it look like to create an intentional catalog of songs for your church to worship God with?

Many of the fights and disagreements that happen in a church because people are acting more like owners than stewards. It becomes a question of who get’s their way instead of asking, “if this really belongs to Jesus, what does he want us to do?”

What does it look like to increase participation in worship? How do we help create space and equip people to both personally engage in worship as well as be fully immersed in the experience of a worshipping community?

Our bodies were made to experience this good world that God created and thank Him for it. Then use those same bodies to worship God. How might we better think through using all of our senses to experience God and respond to Him? What would it look like to design a multisensory worship service?

Is the Sunday worship experience supposed to be for believers or seekers? Are we seeking to make it about edification or evangelism? Additionally, are we ready to answer the question of "what's next?" Do we have a strategy in place for helping people respond to what God has said to them? Do we know how to help people grow into maturity and how does that fit into our time of worship?