The Worship Pastor: A Call to Ministry for Worship Leaders and Teams
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Overview
Modern worship leaders are restless. They have inherited a model of leadership that equates leading worship with being a rock star. But leading worship is more than a performance, it’s about shaping souls and making disciples. Every worship leader is really a pastor.
The Worship Pastor is a practical and biblical introduction to this essential pastoral role. Filled with engaging, illustrative stories it is organized to address questions of theory and practice, striving to balance conversational accessibility with informed instruction.
While some worship leaders are eager to embrace their pastoral role, many are lost and confused or lack the resources of time or money to figure out what this role looks like. Pastor Zac Hicks gives us a clear guide to leading worship, one that takes the pastoral call seriously.
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- Encourages worship leaders to strengthen toward a more robust and intentional ministry
- Aims to offer tools to engage worship leading from a pastoral perspective in the twenty-first century
- Describes the worship pastor through vignettes and metaphors of how they can engage their jobs pastorally
- Introduction: Ready or Not, You’re a Pastor!
Part One: Pastoring Worshipers: Overarching Concepts
- Pastor as Church Lover
- The Worship Pastor as Disciple Maker
- The Worship Pastor as Corporate Mystic
- The Worship Pastor as Doxological Philosopher
Part Two: Pastoring Worshipers Through the Worship Service
- The Worship Pastor as Theological Dietician
- The Worship Pastor as Caregiver
- The Worship Pastor as Mortician
- The Worship Pastor as Emotional Shepherd
- The Worship Pastor as War General
- The Worship Pastor as Prophetic Guardian
- The Worship Pastor as Missional Historian
- The Worship Pastor as Liturgical Architect
Part Three: Pastoring Worshipers Beyond the Worship Service
- The Worship Pastor as Visionary Teacher
- The Worship Pastor as Evangelist
- The Worship Pastor as Artist Chaplain
- The Worship Pastor as Team Leader
- Conclusion: The Worship Pastor as Failure
The modern role of the worship leader... has emerged in recent years as a missioncritical position on church staffs,” writes Zac Hicks. But how do we characterize that role? With years of contemporary worship-leading experience, theological acumen, love of the church, and profound respect for the calling of leading God’s people in declaring his glory, Hicks identifies the role as pastor. Hicks explores perspectives that will inspire worship leaders and ennoble the worship practices and priorities of God’s people.
—Dr. Bryan Chapell, pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church; author, Christ-centered Worship
Zac Hicks has laid down some important principles for worship leaders to function beyond merely choosing songs---as pastors. Worship leaders who adapt Zac’s principles and disciplines will find that their call to ministry will be widely enhanced to the glory of God.
—Dr. Edwin M. Willmington, director, Fred Bock Institute of Music, Fuller Theological Seminary
It’s been fifty years since the first forms of contemporary worship appeared. It’s been thirty years since the position of worship leader developed. It’s been twenty years since mainline churches adopted contemporary styles. And so it’s time for a mature, multifaceted guide for those who lead God’s people in worship. Zac Hicks’ The Worship Pastor fills that need wonderfully.
—Lester Ruth, research professor of Christian worship, Duke Divinity School
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