Ray Deck IIIThere are many benefits to a long-term communication strategy or preaching calendar. Don’t miss out by just planning week to week. Here are four benefits of creating a long-term plan: 1. Promotes cooperation Worship leaders can do a lot with...
Duo The Royal Royal suddenly appeared on the worship scene in 2012 with nine tracks titled Royal, which they quickly followed with a 14-track encore. Their first single, “Every Little Bit of Praise” dropped a couple weeks ago, and we had...
Logos StaffWhen I was a bi-vocational pastor, it was easy to feel like a second-class minister. I’d often lament the fact that I didn’t have the time needed to invest in the people under my care, or the time I needed to network and build...
Hotkeys, or keyboard shortcuts, make common tasks faster and easier. Proclaim has a number of these keyboard shortcuts built in, but we’ve never published a comprehensive list of them—until now. Proclaim hotkeys fall into three major...
Pastors need friends. Just like everybody else, pastors need the many benefits of authentic Christian community. They have the same need to belong as you and me, but for some reason it’s especially difficult for them to cultivate healthy...
Create the exact sound you want from your electric guitar with a custom pedal board. But before you start drilling holes, think through how your effects will be arranged. Check out these from Jonathan Thomas, worship leader at Moon Valley...
“If there’s ever anything I can do to help, just let me know.” We hear this a lot. It gets tacked onto the end of a conversation as if it would be impolite to walk away without an offer to help. I spent a long time ignoring these...
It was an honest mistake. You lost track of time. You were talking to someone. The drummer was in the bathroom. For whatever reason, you started a service late. No big deal. Unless this isn’t this first time. Churches that habitually start...
Church planting is most difficult in urban centers—exactly where new churches are most desperately needed. Thankfully, many brave souls are stepping out to answer God’s call on their lives. The Acts 29 Network supports intrepid church planters...
Every week—sometimes two or three times a service—we speak directly to the king of the universe while the congregation listens in. That’s a tall order, and it should probably scare us a little more than it does. Thankfully, Jesus set an...
Copyright law is confusing. CCLI SongSelect makes it easy to access the lyrics, chord charts, and sheet music you need, but that still leaves lots unaccounted for—backgrounds, announcement slides, illustration videos, prelude and postlude...
If your ministry and livelihood depend on your ability to speak or sing on a regular basis, it only makes sense to take special care of your voice. Here’s how to go about keeping your larynx in prime condition. Protect your instrument You...
Since its founding on the day of Pentecost, the church has been characterized by both diversity and unity. Unfortunately, modern ministry practices like age segregation and demographic targeting have homogenized many churches. Here are four ways to...
At some point, every pastor will face criticism about music volume. A few preemptive steps will go a long way to prepare you for the inevitable noise complaint. Use a dB meter to collect data Noise complaints are usually subjective, made on feeling...
J. D. Greear is the lead pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, NC, and the author of several books, including Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart. We had a few minutes to chat with him about how they approach worship at The Summit Church...
Marking seasons and holidays can be a meaningful spiritual exercise in the life of a church. Some of the holy days on the traditional church calendar are familiar to us, like Christmas and Easter, but some of the lesser-known seasons can be just as...
You’ve built the greatest church presentation ever experienced by mankind. The visuals are stunning. The transitions are seamless. The videos make everyone in the room lean forward and gasp. Everybody loves it. Until the WiFi dies. Then what...
A worship leader juggles a lot of responsibilities on Sunday mornings. Between choosing songs, putting together presentations, arranging music, managing teams, and traversing the actual worship experience, effective leaders need to deliver in many...
So, you want to be a worship pastor. You want to lead people to the throne of heaven and get paid for it. People do make a living that way. It’s possible. Let’s talk about how to do it. Serve where you are Worship leaders lead worship...
The latest album and tour from liturgical post-rock artist Gungor has been far from conventional. In a recent interview with Relevant Magazine, group frontman Michael Gungor explained the group’s decision to subdivide their artistic efforts...