Before you lead worship, before you go play your songs, before you lead your band, before you invite the congregation to participate, there’s something you need to realize.

Something that should fill you with childlike awe and wonder.

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

Assuming you want to have a thriving worship team, there are certain things you probably shouldn’t do when it comes to auditions.

Matter of fact, if you continue to do these things, your worship team will suffer. It may be bigger, but “bigger” doesn’t always mean “better.”

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Doesn’t this title make you leap for joy? You may have spilled your coffee in excitement.

When it comes to being a better worship leader, we’d sign up for just about anything other than trials.

I’ll take a CD, book, t-shirt, or conference any day, but when it comes to painful life experience, I’d rather pass.

But the truth is, trials will make you a better worship leader. Actually, I believe it’s hard to be a good worship leader without them.

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We worship leaders are a sensitive bunch. That’s why posts like this are good. I had some help from a few of my Twitter friends on this one. Enjoy:

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

What do you do when you are faced with a room of passionate Christians AND clueless unbelievers?

Worship Leader, how do you manage this tension?

I believe the answer to this question is one of the most important facets of a worship leader’s ministry.

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