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Should non-Christians play on the music team during Sunday services? On an issue often discussed in worship ministry, here’s some arguments presented by Ronnie Martin on today’s TGC Worship blog post. Excerpts: So what’s the big deal? Does it matter if we have unbelieving worship leaders on Sunday? After all, if all they’re doing is …
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10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman has been #1 on CCLI, on the Planning Centre weekly aggregates, and sung at nearly every conference I’ve been to, or listened to, or heard about recently. People have told me how blessed they have been singing this song in their private worship and other areas. Now, I love singing …
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Rhythms of Grace: How The Church’s Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel by Mike Cosper Genre: Christian ministry / worship Size: 223 pages. Just 10 chapters and 3 Appendices. I read through the whole thing in 2 days, and again more slowly over the course of several weeks. What’s the big idea: The gospel …
The Wesleys (John and Charles) had a profound impact in proclaiming the message of Jesus in the 18th century. Charles Wesley penned over 6500 hymn texts in his lifetime, including hymns we sing at church like “Arise My Soul Arise“, “And Can It Be“, “Christ the Lord is Risen Today“, and “O For A Thousand …
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Jamie Brown gives an excellent post on healthy motivations for worship leaders and the choices they make. After giving 10 wrong motivations, he says: Here are some right motivations for worship leaders: 1. This will help them sing confidently 2. This will help them see and magnify Jesus 3. This will bless them 4. This …