Top 10 Guidelines For Successful Worship Leaders

Here are my Top 10 guidelines for successful worship ministry. I have been leading worship teams for 30 years but I still go back to this list to see what I need to work on! Drum roll please….Let's start with #10 10. Never stop growing

• Are you practicing your singing and playing on a daily basis?
• Are you taking lessons and improving your craft and leadership?
• Are you changing and growing with the new trends, styles and songs?

9. Develop your organizational and admin skills

• Are you writing (or buying) great charts for your band?
• Are you running organized and productive rehearsals?
• Are you creating timely schedules for your musicians and planning ahead on the church calendar?

8. Keep working on a good relationship with your pastor

• Do you have a weekly meeting with your pastor?
• Are you supporting your pastor in private and public?
• Have you ever had your pastor and his wife over for dinner?

7. Mentoring is one your most important jobs

• Are you looking for and developing the potential leaders on your team?
• Are you giving room for new leaders to lead a song or worship time?
• Jesus spent over 3 years developing His team, are you following His example?

6. Develop a great team

• Do you have a system for bringing along new musicians?
• Are you developing multiple musicians for each position?
• How are you helping your team grow spiritually?

5. Learn to pick great worship songs

• Are you teaching your congregation the great songs from around world?
• Do you ever go outside your preferences in musical styles?
• Are you developing a balanced repertoire of fast, medium and slow songs?

4. Be a great worshipper

• Are you keeping it real? Be authentic, are you the same on and off the stage?
• Are there areas in your life that are holding you back from God's richest blessings?
• Do you love the Lord with all your heart and are you a passionate worshipper?

3. Love the church like Jesus loves the church

• Are you building God's kingdom or yours?
• Do you love the people you are leading?
• Jesus laid down his life for us, are you willing to lay down your life?

2. Love your spouse and family

• Are you carving out regular time in your schedule for your spouse and family?
• Are you taking one day off per week?
• When is the last time you had a date with your spouse?

1. Love and spend time with God daily

• Are you reading your Bible daily?
• When is the last time you memorized a Bible passage?
• How is your prayer life? Are you praying and obeying?