Pastors Must Be Administrators and Philosophers-part 4

Pastors Must Be Administrators and Philosophers-part 4

            When I was the minister of music in a small church in Meriam Kansas years ago, we did not have a regular organized choir that rehearsed and sang every week.  When we were going to have a Christmas or Easter cantata, I would always have our pastor announce that we needed musicians.  At the same time as he was making the announcement he would also give a pep talk on the importance of what we were going to do.  Our strategy always worked!  The choir’s ministry was explained by our pastor as an extension of the church’s ministry not merely a musical or seasonal event. 

            Pastor Carroll did not attend rehearsals of do anything further because everyone in and out of the choir that attended our church knew that this musical performance was a ministry instead of a mere opportunity for the musicians to hock our musical wares.  As I stated in an earlier post, every ministry of a local church must be administered philosophically from the top down rather than the effort  and dream of the church music department.