In one of my previous posts Were ART Thou? I was fairly dismissive of Christian Artists as a whole. What I failed to mention was the brilliant job Christian worship leaders/writers are doing all over the world. Though their music is not necessarily reaching the masses, what they offer to Christians struggling with how to praise God is invaluable. While I would rarely listen to this type of music for recreational purposes, when it comes to worship I could sing emotional ballads for the rest of my days, there is something about the sincerity in the words that totally excuses the mush. This of course is probably not the case for most non-Christians, and they can of course be excused for cringing our sentimentality.
Last year I was recommended the Worship Central podcast presented by popular worship leaders Tim Hughes & Al Gordon, instead of your usual sickeningly Christian tripe, I found amusing banter from two down to earth guys with natural rapport. It was such a refreshing change to hear something that while it was openly Christian didn’t succumb to emotional tactics to engage the audience.
Worship Central is a new school of worship to train and equip worship leaders, musicians and worshippers. Led by Tim Hughes, worshipcentral is based at Holy Trinity Brompton and run in partnership with Soul Survivor.They run worship conferences, worship pastor retreats with a vision to see people encounter God, be equipped as worshippers and see churches empowered to worship in spirit and truth.
To compliment their witty monthly podcast the site offers blogs from both Tim and Al recording various events and projects they’re running. The site is a genuinely good resource for aspiring worshipers and worship leaders, with free guitar chords and acoustic demo’s of new songs. If you haven’t listened to a Christian Podcast before, let this be the first, trust me there is far worse out there.
Subscribe to the Worship Central podcast today.
