Choosing the Best Worship Style for Your Church or Ministry

With the Christmas season upon us, many worship leaders will be revamping their music programs and worship styles. Unfortunately, there is a lot of controversy in the church today regarding which worship style to choose. Should we sing hymns or choruses? Should we have drums? Is it too loud?

Everyone seems to have an opinion about the perfect formula for worship. Most of the people who want to voice their opinion usually have had little or no exposure to worship styles that are different from their own. We are creatures of habit. People like what they are familiar with. So as worship leaders we tend to want to please everybody which is impossible. I have seen churches destroyed over controversies surrounding worship, and I can assure you that it grieves the Lord.

Personally, I don't believe that there is a perfect style of worship. I do believe that each church has a unique DNA if you will, a seed, that God has designed. The worship leader's awesome responsibility is to discover what it will take to make that seed grow in the area of worship. This is a process that requires much time in prayer, from a person who is willing to be humble before God, and who is willing to obey whatever He tells them to do even if it seems foolish.

Often the congregation will not like change, but it is very important that the worship leader obey what God has told them and not let personal insecurities take them down a worship path that God does not want. Obviously, having a pastor and leadership that are open to change is a necessity, but be careful to not cause division in the church if your pastor does not agree with your ideas.

Here are a few important things to consider when deciding which style of worship is best for your church:

Don't change worship styles just because you feel pressured to do so.