Comments on: Qualifications of a Worship Pastor at The Resurgence http://www.rockworship.com/theology/qualifications-of-a-worship-pastor-at-the-resurgencd/ Creating music to lead people into God's presence. Music Ministry Production, Performance, Gear, and Theology Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:28:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Heerema http://www.rockworship.com/theology/qualifications-of-a-worship-pastor-at-the-resurgencd/comment-page-1/#comment-20273 Matt Heerema Wed, 06 May 2009 20:00:41 +0000 http://www.rockworship.com/?p=164#comment-20273 <p>Rob - definitely the conversation gets weird when one pigeonholes "worship" as music. My statement above should have read "we don't have a specific 'music pastor' (and I don't think one is required for the church.)"</p> <p>Certainly every church needs a pastor overseeing the elements of a corporate gathering (full time or otherwise...)</p> Rob – definitely the conversation gets weird when one pigeonholes “worship” as music. My statement above should have read “we don’t have a specific ‘music pastor’ (and I don’t think one is required for the church.)”

Certainly every church needs a pastor overseeing the elements of a corporate gathering (full time or otherwise…)

]]> By: Rob Petrini http://www.rockworship.com/theology/qualifications-of-a-worship-pastor-at-the-resurgencd/comment-page-1/#comment-20272 Rob Petrini Wed, 06 May 2009 19:46:06 +0000 http://www.rockworship.com/?p=164#comment-20272 <p>Cool article, thanks for the link. I challenge you on your thoughts of a church not needing a full time "worship pastor" though. A "worship pastor" is not just a musician or band leader. That person has to be trained, set apart, educated, spend their time tuning into God's will for the local body. It's not just music, it's everything, from the greeters, to the ushers, to the sound and media teams, from newsletters to welcome bulletins, from the prayer ministry to the teaching ministry and coordinating with the senior pastors and preachers. When you minimize worship to just music, I think you miss what worship is about. Biblical worship is a lifestyle... A church service is a blueprint of that lifestyle - music, prayer, instruction, fellowship. It's hard to lead that effectively when you have a full time job that is competing for your time and your mind. I agree with you though with the character of each member of the worship team.</p> Cool article, thanks for the link. I challenge you on your thoughts of a church not needing a full time “worship pastor” though. A “worship pastor” is not just a musician or band leader. That person has to be trained, set apart, educated, spend their time tuning into God’s will for the local body. It’s not just music, it’s everything, from the greeters, to the ushers, to the sound and media teams, from newsletters to welcome bulletins, from the prayer ministry to the teaching ministry and coordinating with the senior pastors and preachers. When you minimize worship to just music, I think you miss what worship is about. Biblical worship is a lifestyle… A church service is a blueprint of that lifestyle – music, prayer, instruction, fellowship. It’s hard to lead that effectively when you have a full time job that is competing for your time and your mind. I agree with you though with the character of each member of the worship team.

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