Beyond Sunday Worship

Worship Podcast

Why Are So Many Ministers Burned Out?

It started with a text message but ended with me reconsidering everything I knew about life and ministry.

It was a surprising text message, but the story surrounding it is all too common. What am I talking about?

Burnout in ministry.

Pause for just a moment and consider how many pastors and leaders you know who have burned themselves out in service for Christ. Maybe you’re that person.

I remember when I was a teenager considering full time ministry. One of the pieces of advice I received was, “If you can do anything else, do that thing.” At the time I didn’t understand it. Ministry seemed like the only logical choice for me. Passionate for Jesus and the Kingdom of God on earth, why would I want to do anything else? Everything else seemed like a waste of time.

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#216: Brock Shinen on The Worship Music Industry [Podcast]

Are you a songwriter? Do you and your team write songs for the local church and have a desire to record that music? Maybe you already have.

Honestly, there’s no better guy to talk to than Brock Shinen. Brock is an attorney with a passion for the local church that helps numerous artists in the Christian Music space.

In this interview we talk about the worship music industry, horror stories, success stories, and Brock’s new online course.

If you’re a creative in the church, you don’t want to miss this one!

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#214: Tim Foot on Healthy Teams, Staffing, & Global Worship Trends [Podcast]

There’s a depth of wisdom and perspective that come from years in the trenches of local church ministry. Tim Foot is one of those heroes. Having been in worship ministry for 26 years, he brings so much wisdom to worship pastors around the world.

As the Vice President of Experience at Slingshot Group, Tim and I work together to serve local churches with staffing and coaching.

In this interview we talk about team culture, staying healthy, lead pastor/worship pastor dynamics, creative ideas from strong churches across the country, and the Worship Experience Lab in Denver this July.

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The Worship Leader’s Guide to Creating A Contagious, Healthy Team Culture

As a leader, there’s nothing more important than defining and protecting your team’s culture.

A team’s success and failure rises on the health of its culture and how well it’s protected. But you can’t protect a culture if it hasn’t been defined. And you can’t truly lead unless you’ve defined what you’re leading towards.

Culture manifests itself in many ways. There is macro culture and micro culture. Macro culture is the 100,000 foot view, “big picture” vision that sets the stage for everything else you do. Micro culture are the processes and systems you execute every day.

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