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Mike Harland joins us on Revitalize & Replant to discuss the role worship plays in a revitalization.
Episode Highlights:
- The starting place of your worship ministry in a revitalization is who’s in the pews now—not who you wish was in the pews.
- The most healthy thing you can do in a worship ministry is to make sure the people in the congregation are engaged in worship.
- Talent attracts talent.
- A church needs to understand what a healthy worship ministry would look like in the church and then work toward that goal.
The three keys that we discuss are:
- Find your “who”
- Find your “how”
- Set the goal.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
- ChurchAnswers.com
- WorshipLife.com
- Worship Essentials
- Revitalize Network
- Revitalize Bundle
- ChurchReplanters.com
- Replanter Assessment
- Find more resources at the Revitalize & Replant page at ThomRainer.com
Revitalize & Replant is sponsored by the North American Mission Board and ChurchReplanters.com. More than 10% of churches in North America are at risk of closing and the North American Mission Board is committed to reversing this trend by decreasing the death rate of existing churches while simultaneously increasing the birth rate of new churches. To learn more about what it means to become a replanting pastor or to explore resources for replanting and revitalization in your own church, visit ChurchReplanters.com.
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That was a lot to digest; but I picked a few great things out of it. Thanks much.
I felt like you were describing our church. I am the adult Sunday school teacher what could I do to move us toward a worship service that draws the congregation into a more personal level of participation?
I haven’t listened to the podcast so this may have been said, if so I apologize for the redundancy. Wouldn’t the best thing we can do for a worship ministry is make sure those on the team are spiritually healthy? I say that because it’s hard for people to lead others to a place where they are not themselves. Just a thought I had while reading the highlights.
Good episode … again. Before listening I started the process of making our own worship book to transition from a “hymn only” church. The idea is that the book would be particular to our church with all our favorite songs – that way people are singing songs they know, and singing OUT. I am hoping this will generate a different kind of atmosphere during our singing portion of worshiping together.
This episode confirmed much of what we are thinking, and how to get there.