It's the second song of your worship set. You've built the bridge up to the climax of the song. As you head into the final chorus, you look out into the congregation and all you see is...

What's the one thing you want from your church when you lead them in worship? Engagement! You want them to participate in your worship gathering.

Maybe you put in a ton of work throughout the week preparing for worship only to head into the first song on Sunday and see a bunch of blank faces staring back at you…

The longer you serve in ministry, the more time false narratives have to develop.

What happens is you exchange what is REAL for what you WISH WAS REAL.

Before you continue reading this post, hear me out: I'm not looking to destroy your worship leading hopes and dreams BUT I am a realist…

I challenge you to give people a specific truth to respond to before you lead them in worship tomorrow…

"Church culture" - it's sort of a buzz word on the internet these days.

It's that invisible, intangible thing that subconsciously directs the decisions you make and, ultimately, how people respond to things in your church…

The number 1 thing worship leaders who lead well want is congregational engagement. They just want the people they're leading in worship to be actively engaged.

The problem is it's so easy to lose your influence in helping people engage. And, often times, worship leaders lose that influence within the first 5 minutes of their worship gathering…

Yesterday I asked, "What's the most difficult part of leading worship for you?" There were a lot of good answers but the most common one was congregational engagement. Tons of worship leaders in the Leading Worship Well community are struggling with "getting their congregation to engage during worship." So, if that's something you struggle with as a worship leader, be assured: You are not alone!…

Jake from Churchfront and I just put out another Q&A podcast session where we answered some more of YOUR questions! Check it out by heading to www.churchfront.com/podcast or searching for the Churchfront Worship Leader Podcast on iTunes.

During the podcast we discuss these 4 questions…

The countdown hits zero. The band starts to play. You welcome everyone to church and then head into the first verse. As you look into your worship space as it slowly fills up, you notice that it doesn't seem like people are worshiping. They're just staring at you and the band.

Unless they've been specifically taught the contrary, the average church-goer sees music on Sunday as entertainment. It's a band on stage playing. Their job is to stand and watch and maybe sing along when the band plays their favorite song…