What’s the greatest challenge you face as a worship leader? You might think it’s deciding which songs to sing, getting along with your pastor, receiving feedback from church members, or leading a team of unorganized, independent musicians. Nope. Your greatest challenge is what you yourself bring to the platform each and every Sunday. Your heart.

Question: We currently have four worship teams, giving 15-20 people a month a chance to lead in music. We’ve discussed cutting the number of teams down to one or two that would be much more musically adept; the downside of this is that many “moderate” musicians would no longer have a chance to share their musical gifts as a part of worship. We want to be sensitive to everyone, yet provide the highest quality music possible for all of the obvious reasons. What biblical principles should we use in determining which direction to go?

How important is truth in the songs we sing? Do the words we sing really matter or do they just fade away overtime? Bob shares his perspective on the validity and purpose of words and music as it relates to God's truth.

How do we support the beauty of congregational worship? Do our technical tools sometimes get in the way of what God is truly after in His services of praise? Do we as a congregation truly sing in truth when guided in a worship service? In this double-shot video, Bob Kauflin shares a word with us to sharpen our ways of discernment and implementing when it comes to the approach of effective congregational worship.

Part II: In the discussion of "What's In A Name," Bob takes us further down-stream to analyze what it means to be a worship leader, by its title and representation. Anyone who seeks to encourage others to give praise and honor to God can be referred to broadly as a “worship leader.” While in Scripture praising God often involves music, it can happen without it as well.

There’s no question that the role of the worship leader has been exaggerated in recent decades, as well as it's title. Most people identify a role or position by its name; the term worship leader, seems to be the buzz word around most local churches. One comment suggests: “For many young people choosing a church, worship leaders have become a more important factor than preachers." In the Church, what are the serious concerns and differences that we as worship leaders need to understand in our actual title and role?

Why is it important that we sing to God? Bob grapples with this question and more in this interview to help us better identify the importance and meaning of singing during worship. Be stirred, be moved as God leads you in this video to give Him glory through song.

Can music speak without words? Bob Kauflin explains how music speaks and moves the person.

Bob Kauflin answers questions from Mars Hill's Tim Smith, on the relationship between worship as an event and a way of life.

How do you motivate people to physically express affection for God when they’re singing his praise, when their default attitude on hearing music is passivity and reservation? How do you keep from manipulating or commanding certain responses that are appropriate to biblical corporate worship?