For years I’ve admired the work that Church of the Highlands is doing to reach people for Christ. This week’s podcast is a conversation with John Larson and Chris Griffin from Highlands Worship.

I love this because it feels like worship leader friends catching up and talking about ministry. These guys manage a worship team roster of 900 people across 19 campuses in Alabama. It’s staggering.

If you are a multi-site church (or planning on it), listen all the way to the end. So. Much. Gold.

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Jonathan is the Director of Word Worship Music. He brings a ton of music industry experience with a heart to serve the Church.

We talk about his story, writing worship songs, the problem with worshiping worship, how to get your songs heard, how to find new songs, and more!

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Let’s be honest. There’s too many songs.

If we combined all the church services across the world and tried to evenly spread out all the worship songs in the known universe, we still wouldn’t get through them all. I’m pretty sure that verse is in the Bible somewhere.

Matter of fact, once I get around to leading a popular song, it’s old already. Remember when churches used to say, “Yea, we’re still stuck with 90s Integrity songs.” Today, it’s “Bro, that’s so 2018. It’s time to modernize.”

But I’m here to tell you that it’s OK. In all honesty, the goal isn’t the quantity of songs. The goal isn’t songs at all. It’s about choosing the best quality songs that connect hearts to the Savior. But in today’s saturated song market, that’s hard to do. And let me give you some hard truths.

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