Music Matters to Pastors Part 2

Music Matters to Pastors Part 2

            Yesterday we started a series of posts which will consider how much church music should matter to a senior pastor, and what the music related responsibilities of a senior pastor should be.  If you are new to this blog you should know that each day’s post will be a continuation of a series of thoughts being presented.  Therefore, the reader will need to read any posts that he or she has missed in the series.

              Every pastor knows that there is a multiplicity of legitimate claims on the pastor’s time.  The list of responsibilities is long and varied according to the specifics of each individual pastorate.  Pastors are constantly made aware of how important prioritizing time and delegating authority is to the success and sanity of a public ministry. 

            As you have already guessed, I’m heading somewhere with this discussion.  The purpose of this discourse is not to merely acknowledge that all pastors are busy.  What I am trying to say is that along with the many things that pastors do, they must pastor the staff of musicians who minister in the regular services.

            I know that a good shepherd pastors, in a general way, everyone who attends church, or is in some way affiliated or connection to the church by being on its ministry list.  I also know that depending on the church size, much of the “pastoring” must be done by associates who help with ministering responsibilities.  I am aware that pastor’s must delegate proper amounts of the church’s ministry to others.  However, pastoring the music minister and his staff should be done personally by the senior pastor.  No other aspect of public worship will affect the success or failure of the pastor’s ministry than the music in all church services.