Many of our chapters do not draw musicians, and many musicians they do attract are not necessarily good worship leaders, yet most chapters see worship leaders as the key to good worship times. Worship leaders hold very public and therefore vulnerable positions. This puts significant pressure on worship leaders. They are often the first to be criticized. I ve received much harsher critique about the music I ve led than I would ever get about a talk I delivered.
Students are very open to receive help.
In my travels, some have asked me for resources such as realistic steps for growth in the area of worship, advice, feedback and even spontaneous training while I was with them. We are a diverse movement when it comes to corporate worship. At the same time, there are certain characteristics that most of our chapters seem to have in common. The centrality of corporate worship in the daily walk of faith is one such characteristic that the vast majority of our students share. As a result, corporate worship is extremely important to them and it is one very significant way they grow as committed disciples.