So you need a worship pastor. What do you look for? Who is the right guy? What does his role encompass besides playing songs on Sunday? Michael Bleeker, worship pastor at The Village Church, shares what he sees as crucial characteristics of any worship pastor as well as what a worship pastor's role is. Also, see Tim Smith (Mars Hill Church), Josh Dix (The Journey St. Louis) and Mike Cosper (Sojourn Community) answer the same questions.
(And we have a few more worship pastor videos lined up for ...
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Tags: josh dix, mike cosper, tim smith, michael bleeker, roles of a worship pastor, church planting, pastor, worship, who to hire, how to hire a worship pastor, hiring, worship pastor
We got some time with a few of the worship pastors from Acts 29 churches today - they are having a worship pastor's workshop track during the afternoons at Ambition. What should a church planter look for when he's looking to hire a worship pastor? We're so glad you asked...
Mike Cosper: Sojourn Community Church, Louisville KY
[Sojourn Church's website & Sojourn Music website]
Tim Smith: Mars Hill Church, Seattle WA
[Mars Hill Church's website & Re:Sound website]
Josh Dix: The Journey Church, St. Louis
[The Journey Church's website]
That's it for tonight; see you tomorrow for Day 2 Live ...
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Tags: worship pastor, church planting, who to hire, acts 29, sojourn community church, louisville, boot camp, mars hill church, tim smith, josh dix, the journey church, st. louis, mike cosper, seattle
Acts 29 has been conducting Boot Camps since its inception in 2000. The goal of these introductory church-planting conferences is to introduce Biblical church planting concepts as understood through the gospel and a missional ecclesiology. I attended my first Boot Camp in Seattle in 2003 with 40 other people. I still have the notebook provided because it was so impactful in my life.
Our next boot camp is upcoming in Louisville, KY on November 10-11 hosted by the great Sojourn Church led by the dynamic duo of Daniel Montgomery (teaching and vision) and Mike Cosper (worship and arts).
You can register here.
So, if one can get the audio files within a week or two of a Boot Camp, why should one attend one? If it is content-driven, as Stetzer describes it in an ...
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