How to Lead Worship in More Traditional Churches

In a conservative church, learning how to lead worship could be a difficult and sometimes painful affair. Seems like all the great worship leaders you hear about and see on DVDs are far too charismatic and emotional for your church, doesn't it? I spend much of my time travelling the world and ministering in many different conservative denominations, and I believe that the Lord has a special place in His heart for conservative folk.

If you desire to learn how to lead worship in a conservative church, the golden rule is to take folks a little along the worship way, don't just dive into the extreme stuff! People in more traditional churches express a desire to worship too, they merely don't need the excessive emotion they see in other churches. And we have all seen excessive stuff, so we cannot blame them for that!

So when leading, I always try and understand exactly where people are at regarding worship. Is hand raising an issue? Is kneeling a problem? Is clapping taboo? My aim isn't to provide them a crash course in worship, but to gently and sensitively lead them on the next step of their journey with the Lord.

I start by choosing songs that they know, and especially I would come with a couple of hymns. But don't produce funeral marches, make sure you lead them using a band and make them magnificent! Next, warn the music team that you will be ging up a key or two, because it is the best way to obtain more involvement when learning how to lead worship in more conservative environments.

In delivering the songs, I would always guantee that I will not repeat them endlessly. Many worship leaders do that, and when you are learning how to lead worship in a more conservative church this is not tolerated well! You will be much better to do less repetitions than more, trust me!

Finally, although I tend to talk very little between songs, I would choose one place in your worship and encourage the congregation to try and do a little more than they have. It may be clapping at one point, or perhaps kneeling or waiting in a period of silence. Don't expect to lead like Hillsong every week, just take folks a bit further along the way.

We all deserve the chance of worshipping in ways that are comfortable and make sense to us. You might not see hands raised in your church, but seeing people singing with all their heart may indicate a new amount of worship for the church.

So when learning how to lead worship in a conservative church, let God do the challenging and just encourage folks a little bit further along the path each Sunday.

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