About this episode

The episode discusses building a thriving worship culture with insights from Michael Bethany.

When I accepted my first worship leader position over 20 years ago, I thought worship was all about the stage. Pick the right songs. Have the best musicians. Seamless transitions. Dial in your click and track system to perfection. While there’s nothing wrong with those dynamics – there was something I wasn’t considering. Worship culture. Now…culture has become a cliche – a buzzword, so to speak. But culture is the environment you steward. It’s the conditions you create to shape the people who are a part of your team. And that matters a lot. So today, we’re going to talk about worship team culture. My guest is Michael Bethany. Michael is an award winning songwriter, artist, and worship leader. Michael coaches worship leaders and teams all over the world. We talk about how to build a healthy worship culture in 2026, developing leadership pipelines, spontaneous worship, celebrating diversity in the church, and why we need to bring back rehearsals! Topics Covered: Michael’s journey to faith in Christ Michael’s early influences The posture of a worship leader Developing a leadership pipeline in your church What worship leaders are struggling with Creating…

People in this episode

Host: David Santistevan

Guest: Michael Bethany

Topics covered

• worship culture
• leadership pipelines
• spontaneous worship
• diversity in the church
• rehearsals

Keywords

• worship leader
• worship team
• music ministry
• church culture
• leadership development
• rehearsals
• spontaneous worship

Sponsors

Dwell Bible, Planning Center

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Michael Bethany

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