Bob Kauflin, writing on his Worship Matters blog raises an issue:
In a church context it’s sometimes difficult to know the difference between leading the singing and leading the meeting. It’s an important distinction.
After outlining a particular scenario of conflict between pastor and song leader, Kauflin observes:
At any point, if my pastor communicates to me that he wants me to do or not do something during a meeting, I should gladly submit. Why? Here are a few (five in all) reasons… Read the rest of the post…
In a similar vein, imaginary pastor Brad Towers deals with a similar issue, What To Do When Your Worship Leader Is Out of Control
Tower’s measured advice about conflict between pastor and song leader:
It’s in critical moments like these that you need to seize the bear by the paws and light him on fire. History has shown that leadership is tested in moment of extreme crisis. Robert E. Lee at the battle of Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln and the march on Memphis. Martin Luther and the lion’s den. A leader either rises over adversity or is crushed beneath it.
One of pastor Brad’s suggestions:
Lead worship yourself for several Sundays. Sometimes you just have to lead by example. Now, I realize that you can’t play an instrument or sing, but that doesn’t really matter. Just last month I led worship at our church using nothing but a karaoke machine and a whole lot of passion. I just got the karaoke tracks from the most recent Kanye West album and rewrote the lyrics. Read the whole post here…
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