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Weird Worship: Do You Lean More Towards the Prophetic Or the Planned?

[This post is part of a series on Leading Your Team & Congregation Through Worship Tensions. Check out the rest here.]

Worship leaders seem to function in one extreme or the other: the prophetic or the planned.

As with all these worship tensions we’re talking about, it’s difficult to pin one better than the other. Is it possible to be musically excellent with tightly constructed arrangements AND flow in the prophetic?

Prophetic vs. Planned. Who wins?

It’s like you have Kevin Prosch, Jason Upton, and ihop boxing with Hillsong, Chris Tomlin, and Desperation Band.

Who wins?

Which is better?

Which should we pursue?

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5 Ways To Develop A Team Of Expressive, Worshiping Musicians

[This post is part of a series on Leading Your Team & Congregation Through Worship Tensions. Check out the rest here.]

We’ve all been in the situation once or twice. Actually you may be stuck there right now.

You have a passion for Jesus. You long for your congregation to experience God. You want the glory of God to fill your church.

But your band doesn’t look like they agree.

Actually, they look depressed, exhausted, and barely awake. They can seem to talk for passionate hours on gear and new music, but when it comes time to showing some enthusiasm for worship, all you get is silence.

Blank stares.

Is it possible to have excellent musicians who worship with passion?

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6 Reasons Why You Should Host A Songwriting Retreat For Your Worship Team

Writing your own songs is not a life or death issue for your worship team.

You don’t need it to be successful. It’s quite OK to sing the great songs of worship leaders like Matt Redman, Paul Baloche, Tim Hughes, Israel Houghton, Kari Jobe, and others.

The presence of God can still be present in your gatherings and the favor of God can still fill your ministry.

But I think you should give songwriting a try. And, I think you should consider hosting a songwriting retreat with some members of your worship team.

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