The Worship Pastor, Zac M. Hicks
The Worship Pastor, Zac M. Hicks
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The Worship Pastor
A Call to Ministry for Worship Leaders and Teams

Author: Zac M. Hicks

Narrator: Zac Hicks

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 06/16/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

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.Part One presents a series of evocative "vignettes"--intriguing and descriptive titles and metaphors of who a Worship Pastor is and what he or she does. It shows the Worship Pastor as Church-Lover, Disciple Maker, Corporate Mystic, and Doxological Philosopher.Part Two covers specific roles related to ministry within the worship service itself--the Worship Pastor as Theological Dietician, Caregiver, Mortician, Emotional Shepherd, War General, Prophetic Guardian, Missional Historian, and Liturgical Architect.Part Three looks at ministry beyond the worship service--the Worship Pastor as Visionary Teacher, Evangelist, Artist Chaplain, and Team Leader.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.Accompanying figures are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Zac M. Hicks

Zac Hicks is pastor of Church of the Cross and adjunct lecturer in music and worship at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.  He is the author of The Worship Pastor and Worship by Faith Alone.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeremy on May 22, 2017

I'm a lead pastor, not a worship pastor per se, but found this to be very helpful. It took me a while to get through the book, partly due to life, but partly due to the subject matter. It's a slow read, something that is probably best done as a team so as to create dialogue and discussion. The concl......more

Goodreads review by Sam on February 08, 2020

A lot of insightful and thought provoking questions that those who lead others in the church should be asking ourselves.......more

Goodreads review by Buddy on June 09, 2017

This is a very good book that looks at different facets of the role and ministry of a worship leader in a local church. Hicks ministers in a more traditionally liturgical format and he has done a lot of research to go with his obvious networking. I appreciated his insights and his massive focus on J......more