Should We Pay Church Musicians? (Podcast)
Our question today is should we pay our church musicians. The short answer is maybe…if certain criteria are met. To help us answer this difficult question, we first need to l
How to Stay Fresh & Focused as a Worship Leader (Podcast)
The question we are discussing today is how can we stay fresh and focused as spiritual leaders. This is a subject I’ve been studying on a lot lately because I’ll be tea
What Should We Try to Accomplish in Worship Services? (Podcast)
Every time we come together to worship our Lord on Sundays (as well as at other times), there are four goals our worship gatherings should meet. While we have quite a bit of freedo
How Can Our Worship Team Get Involved with Missions? (Podcast)
In this Worship Q&A podcast Dwayne has a conversation with fellow NLWI team members, Jordan Hutton and Donald Kutala, who head up NLWI’s missions efforts. Topics covered
Whys and Hows of Using Visual Art in Worship (Podcast)
A couple of years ago Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox asked me to write an article about using visual art in worship services. Here is an updated version of that article…
How to Be Spirit-led while Time-restrained in Worship (Podcast)
The topic of how much structure we should have in our worship gatherings is often on the mind of worship leaders. A few weeks ago at one of our Worship Leader Lunches, a worship pa
Why Do Churches Need Worship Pastors?
Let’s say you’re a lead pastor, and you need someone to lead the music in your church. You have enough money to hire a permanent worship leader, but you’re thinki
Part 4: Why Should We Worship?
In Part 1 and Part 2, we looked at “What Is Lifestyle Worship?” Part 3 of this 4-part teaching series is “Whom Do You Worship?” Today we will consider some reasons
Part 3: Whom Do You Worship?
Want to listen to this teaching? Simply click on the arrow above! In Part 1 and Part 2 of this 4-part series, we looked at “What Is Lifestyle Worship?” Today we will co
How Worship Ministry Is Like Football (Repost)
A worship ministry should help in serving the overall purposes of the church. A worship ministry is not a stand-alone entity that operates separately from the other vital ministrie