Culture is what your worship team is. It's how you do things and why you do them.

The scary part is that your worship team will form a culture whether you want it to or not. You probably already have one even if you haven't defined it yet…

There's one final step to building a worship team that you CAN'T miss!

It's assimilating new members into the culture of your team.

That's how you get them to stick around for a long time…

In Monday's post we talked about how a healthy culture was one of the essential pieces of a sustainable worship ministry.

The truth is culture will naturally develop on your team over time - for better or for worse.

So, if you want it to be for the better, you need a plan to steer the culture in the direction you want it to go…

Think about all the different pieces that make up a worship ministry...

At it's core you've got: some musicians who lead worship, a worship rehearsal, and worship services.

Most leaders can get those pieces up and running.

But, it's so important to - not just build a worship ministry - but to build a SUSTAINABLE worship ministry…

You know how it goes...

You pick out some worship songs and send the list out to your worship team.

Then, you show up to worship rehearsal and you realize NO ONE on your worship team is prepared to rehearse them…

Have you ever had someone quit your worship team?

It always hurts when someone leaves your worship team - especially when you're not sure what went wrong…

Is your worship team visible or invisible?

I'm not talking about when you're on stage leading worship - of course your church sees you then. I'm talking about the other 75% of your Sunday morning…

A bad worship team culture can not only hurt the team members, but also the church (the worship team is leading the church on Sundays after all)…