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Defining A Worship Leader
by Scott Erickson
It’s a good thing for us to define the idea of worship leader. On second thought, maybe we just need to rethink it.
I know that the usual definition of this term is someone who leads the musical performance during a church gathering. I’m not refuting that. But I’m wondering if we can get to a deeper meaning than just during services. Here are some thoughts.
Living a Connected Lifestyle
Worship leaders are responsible for living a response lifestyle. If we don’t pray, if we don’t listen and hear, we have nothing to lead others into. In a video about Rich Mullins, Michael W. Smith said something like this about Rich’s music…
It was like he would go into places that you couldn’t see, into the darkness, and he would go and meet with God. Then he would come out of the darkness and write about what he saw and heard.