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Tony Morgan is dissecting church growth – something I’ve very interested in myself. I’ve always believed the size of a church is directly proportional to the leadership in that church. In my own experience, I recall being at an exciting, growing young church only to see progress halt when the ministry became…

Flying back from recording in LA a few weeks ago I sat next to a guy with the most unusual shoes. “Where’d you get those?” I asked. “They’re my company!” He replied. He’d been at some shoe trade shoe showing off his product – Piro Shoes. He was quite proud…

A tape measure is the carpenter’s best friend. As the saying goes, “Measure twice, cut once.” Knowing where you are and what you’ve got can go a long way in reevaluating your worship strategy for the future. This might help. Did you recently start including the children (you know, Sunday…

Cardboard may play a key role in resurrecting a New Zealand landmark that was leveled in a natural disaster earlier this year. In the aftermath of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in February that rattled Christchurch, New Zealand, officials for the quake-ravaged ChristChurch Cathedral — which had served as the city’s centerpiece…

The story of Evanescence member and former worship leader David Hodges shows that getting a record deal may not be all it’s cracked up to be. My drummer friend Jon Skaggs has moved to LA and joined the new band of Grammy award winning writer/producer David Hodges, and I’ve had the…

Resurgence interviews several high profile worship leaders on topics such as song selection, songwriting and managing music ministries in multiple campuses. Read the full interviews.

I remember a few short years ago when the contemporary worship wave hit the church, the big thrill was that we actually got to sing TO God (vertical) instead of singing ABOUT God (horizontal). I worked at one church where the worship leader enthusiastically threw out all the horizontal songs.…

At a recent Hillsong concert the guy I stood next to said “this sounds like every church in America.” He’s right – in the quest to become cool and relevant most churches have adopted the jangly-guitar style of worship. This isn’t a bad thing as most people love jangly guitars…