The Church Collective Worship Leader Podcast

In this episode we talk with Dr. Gabriel Miller, professor and pastor, about how we can make an idol out of worship itself, the value of gaining skills at our craft, and fostering a heart of worship.

In this episode of the Church Collective Podcast, I had a heartfelt conversation with Sarah Kroger. We explored her journey through faith's tough questions, the concept of lament in worship, and the unique challenges faced by worship leaders. Sarah opened up about her personal struggles, the inspiration behind her music, and how she found God's presence in unexpected ways. Join us for an honest and encouraging discussion that I believe many of you will deeply resonate with.

It's always a great time when Alexander Pappas joins us on the podcast. We talk about where worship culture is going, serving in the local church, and a bunch more.

In this episode, we had the chance to talk once again to Josh Holiday about their tour with Lecrae, their new music, collaboration with Forrest Frank, creativity and a bunch more. Stay tuned to the end where we dive into authenticity in worship and what it looks like to mentor younger worship leaders.

We had a great chat with Chris Kuti of lakepointe worship about healthy discipleship, effective songwriting, caring for your team, and much more.

We talked with Josh and Jariel from Saddleback Worship about their new album, discipleship in worship ministry, developing worship in multiple languages, healthy transitions, and much more!

It's always an honor to have Kristian Stanfill join us on the podcast. We talk about Passion 24, that amazing Agnus Dei moment, dealing with pride and narcissism in our leadership and a bunch more.

In this episode we had a chance to talk to Terrian about songwriting, leaning into your calling wherever that as, her story, and much more!

Always a blast to have return guests on the podcast! Patrick has been a friend of The Church Collective for years and it was an honor to talk with him about his new album Wild Faith!

In this episode we talk with Tiffany Hudson about: How we need both corporate and private worship times, and need music that resonates in both situations The value in being ourselves as worship leaders rather than trying to emulate others. How Tiffany keeps her heart close to the Lord and what that means for her platform leadership.

Elevation Worship Returns! In this episode Jonsal and Tiffany from Elevation Worship talk about the new album, "Can You Imagine?" They also talk about how to lead a room of any size, what a healthy relationship between the senior pastor and worship team looks like, and we get an inside look at how their latest tour is going!

Josh and Nate join us for the podcast to talk about their latest album, This is the Gospel!

C3 NYC Worship joins us to talk about building a healthy volunteer culture in our worship ministries, advice for the next generation of worship leaders, and encouragement for songwriting throughout every season of the life of the church.

Wow, I hope you're ready for some wisdom! Jesse Reeves talks about what the Lord is doing through his home church network, KingsPorch, and the music that God has brought out of it. If you need encouragement, regardless of the size of your church, it's here in this episode.

In this episode we talked with Shealy worship about how to foster a heart that is all about God in worship as we're leading and songwriting, both for the church locally and globally and how to really connect with God in each and everything we do in ministry.

We had the chance to sit down with Dane, Luke, and Nic from Rocky Worship. We talk about health in ministry, when and why to write music for our churches compared to using popular songs and we got into an important conversation about depression and anxiety for ministry leaders and how to lead others through it.

Ryan had the chance to sit down in person with Eric and Jonatan from Stockholm worship. They talk about their new album, how to be faithful in big and small things with the Lord, songwriting for the sake of the local church, and a bunch more!

It's always an honor to have Kristian on the podcast! We talk about everything going on with Passion, being faithful wherever we're serving, and trusting God with our plans!

Chris and Ryan head to Church Gear headquarters to talk to Toby about everything they do. If you haven't heard about them yet make sure to get connected! In the middle of the episode we'll take a pause and do a tour, if you'd like to see that tour head over to our YouTube channel.

We had a chance to talk with the founder and amazing guy that runs FILO, First in Last Out. Do you find that you need encouragement in the midst of worship and production ministry? This is the episode for you!

We had a great chat with Dan and Chelsea from SEU worship with special guest host Jamie Anderson who's of the VP's at Southeastern University and a great friend of TCC! We talk about how SEU worship got started, leading worship in contexts outside of the church, the future of worship music, and a bunch more!

We had a chat with Benjamin Hastings about his new self titled album, how the Lord was involved in his songwriting process through deconstruction and reconstruction, his thoughts about lyric writing and a bunch more!

First off, you've gotta go check out Cody's new album, God is Good! Then, after you've done that, come back here and check out the podcast where we dive deep on how Cody put the album together with an incredible team. We talk local worship ministry, songwriting, the future of the church, and a bunch more!

Chris had the chance to talk with Anne Wilson about her new album "My Jesus," touring, songwriting, and more!

Wow! The wisdom that Steven Curtis Chapman brought to the podcast this week has been just incredible. He talks about longevity in Christian music, how his music is a reflection of what the Lord is doing in his life, and his thoughts on the future of music and the church.

We talked with Bryan and Katie Torwalt about their new live album I've Got Good News. We also talk about worship leadership in the world today, their songwriting process, what it's like touring and leading worship with your spouse and a bunch more.

Davide and Josh from Elevation RHYTHM stop by the podcast to talk about their new album, Growing Pains.

We had such a great chat with Carlos and Mariah from Mosaic MSC that we needed to make it two episodes!  Enjoy!

It's always great to sit down with Carlos and Mariah from Mosaic MSC! Here's the first part of our chat!

We had a fantastic talk with Jonsal from Elevation Worship about their new album, Lion. You can get the transcript and links on our site!

We had a great chat with Katy Nichole about: How God used her prayer journal to inspire her songwriting. What the Lord has done with her success on tiktok. Advice on leading worship at our churches and online.

We had the chance to talk to Jordan St Cyr about his new self titled album, his song fires, trusting God through a big move for his family, and how he goes about leading others in worship.

We had yet another chance to talk to Brett Younker from Passion Music about their latest project "Burn Bright." Also in this episode of the podcast: Songwriting for the local and global church How the passion team goes about preparing to put on an event for 50k people and what you can do in your home church to plan for incredible worship sets. Brett's story on how he got involved in Passion Music in the first place.

We had a chat with Sarah Kroger, Ike Ndolo, and Ricky Vazquez from Village Lights!

We had a chat with Anna Golden about: The story behind her new album Peace: The Album How Anna got involved in worship and songwriting Lessons from Tasha Cobbs Leonard How to maintain a healthy relationship with the Lord and the balance of spontaneous and planned worship

We had a fantastic convo with Lincoln Brewster about: How Lincoln wrote and recorded his latest album before everything shut down Tracking and recording process for Mostly Acoustic Christmas and Perfect Love How they tracked drums on the new album Lincoln's guitar chain Lincoln's touring chain Opinion on the UA and profiling The balance on digital and analog and how to combine them Where Lincoln finds his inspiration When will he release new guitar presets and the his process of creating them

We had a great chat with Pat Barrett about his latest project, housefires, songwriting, worship leadership, and a bunch more!

We sat down with the guys from Red Rocks Worship and talked about: How Red Rocks Church and Worship got started Their writing and recording process How they go about worship planning for multiple venues How to give your church tools to worship throughout the week Planning for spontaneous moments in worship services Prerecording your livestream and why you might want to Their guitars and gear There's even some sax solos from Chris mixed in!

In this episode we talked with Matt Hein from I Am They about: Their album faithful God How I am They got started Dealing with discouragement and disappointment Maintaining a healthy spiritual life And a bunch more!

In this episode we're sharing one of our guitar and gear zoom hangs with David Liotta who plays for Elevation Worship. We talk about how he got involved in worship, what it's like to play for Elevation, his favorite guitar gear, his practice routine, and a bunch more. This episode is for all those guitarists out there but there are some wonderful insights into the heart of Elevation as well. Enjoy!

We had the chance to talk to Joth Hunt from Planetshakers about: How is planetshakers doing church in 2020 and 2021 How planetshakers goes about writing and arranging their albums Vocal health and practical worship leadership And tons more!

We had a great chat with Hope Darst about: Patience and trust in God while waiting for Him. How to know when God is shutting or opening a door in our lives. How Hope got involved in songwriting, worship leading, and connected with Natalie Grant. Advice for getting involved in worship ministry when you're just starting out. The value of longevity and wisdom in ministry.

Kari Jobe joins us again for the podcast. We talk about her new album and the title song "The Blessing," vocal tips, spiritual health, and a bunch more!

It's always am honor to have Mack on the podcast! We talk about his new album, Space, worship leadership, and a bunch more!

In this episode we talk with Elle Limebear about: The story behind "angels" The importance of taking care of our mental and spiritual health Her musical inspirations How she got started in music

If you've been to one of our conferences then you know Cliff Lambert. Cliff brings us some great wisdom in this episode on how to effectively plan transitions in our worship sets.

We talk with Dwan Hill from Nashville Life Music about their album, church, musicianship, and a bunch more..

It's always a treat to have Pastor Louie Giglio join us on the podcast.. He's got a new version of Goliath Must Fall out for students and he brings so much wisdom that you're probably going to need to listen through this episode a couple times!

We talk with Ryan Stevenson about his latest album, songwriting, and of course how things are going in this wild year!

In this episode we had a fantastic conversation with Chris McClarney about: Worship leadership Jesus Culture's new album Songwriting Mental health A bunch more!

In this episode, Matt Maher drops some serious wisdom about life, worship leadership, musicianship, and so much more. Enjoy!