Four Qualities of an Effective Worship Leader

Podcast Episode #280

Mike Harland joins us to kick off a four-part series on worship in the church by examining the four essential qualities of a worship leader.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

“Musical worship should be led skillfully.”
“Music is not our message in the church. It is our language.”
“Shepherds develop flocks. Musical artists don’t develop people, typically.”
“If a worship pastor is not relational, he/she can quickly become isolated from the rest of the ministries of the church.”
“The worship leader who will have tenure and impact beyond the stage is someone who is relational with the people of the church.”
“Because of the way churches setup their facility and staffs, the music suite can easily become isolated from the rest of the church.”
“Worship pastors should be involved in the whole mission of the church, not just the music.”

The four qualities we discuss are:

Musically excellent, but so much more
Has a high “RQ”
Can play QB, but doesn’t have to
Embraces the larger mission

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