Music Matters to Pastors Part 4

Music Matters to Pastors Part 4

            It is amazing to me that although pastors are well aware of church music’s capability to cause complete chaos in the church community; many senior pastors ignore pastoring the music minister and the volunteer music staff.  Many pastors that I have worked with failed to even have prayer with the musicians before, during or after the worship or evangelistic service.  This blatant ignoring of the church music ministry staff sends the clear message that church music doesn’t matter or at least that it doesn’t matter to the senior pastor. Any part of the church’s ministry that doesn’t warrant prayer is certainly not very important.

            There are many philosophical principles that surround the use of music in the Church. Is church music only a “getting started” task or a vehicle used to pick up the offering?  Does the effectual fervent musicing of a righteous man or woman avail much?  It is my belief that Spirit led musicing can and should be efficacious in the 21st century church.  Music ministry can be a very effective vehicle for the Word of God to ride into the hearts of the worshiping body.  Music can and should be a means of preparing people’s hearts in the worship or evangelistic service.