A call to Ministry via music is a call to persecution, trials and troubles. Its a call to battles that look uncalled for, unwarranted, battles you did nothing to attract. We don't love saying much about this but its the raw truth. We usually talk about the fame and fortune that music ministry could bring but we seldom talk about the dark nights and the Stormy waters.
The anointing on the music ministers life will attract arrows, haters and even the devil will be angry at such glorious destiny and will come for you. I'm not trying to scare you. Its the truth and if you're in music you shoul...
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Building Excellent and Effective Music Teams – Part 3
By Tommy Tush.
The Choice of a Music Team Director is a life changing one. When it comes to building an excellent and effective team, the head point decision is one you can't toil with. I've seen many assemblies assign MDs based on how long the person has stayed within the system or how much the fellow gives and other emotional conditions. They forgo the real criteria to consider. When choosing your Music Director, track record is very key. Many do not have a track record of building people or systems. They are music team hoppers. Once the grass is not green they leave. I said in earli...
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Building Excellent and Effective Music Teams – Part 2
By Tommy Tush.
Not all MDs can build an excellent team. Some can build and run it. Some have never built one but have been part of running it. Almost 100% of the time anyone who can build an excellent and effective team can as well run it. almost 100% of the time. This is why- once you know how you got to a place you know what should be done to maintain that status. Many have been handed a great choir and because they never built one, they didn't know the protocol of excellence and greatness so in few years they messed it up. Some can build a just OK team or an ordinary team. But you s...
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Building Excellent and Effective Music Teams – Part 1
By Tommy Tush.
This is for Pastors, Music and Choir Directors and Music team members who desire growth and change.
Building excellent and effective music teams is a great task. Not everyone has done or can do this. A lot of people can join or lead a team after everything is rosy. Not everyone has the Patience and skill to build from ground up. When people see that a choir is nor yet set they run away to a choir that's already built and has everything going. The work it entails send many running away. Anything worth having is worth building. Anything that will last must be well const...
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Curtailing Negative Extremes in Praise and Worship
Pentecostals, one time, classified white garment assemblies on a Blacklist being called many negative names and haunted down by the Levitical Raymond Reddingtons. Today we see a number of worship leaders in Pentecostal circles practicing the tongues and chants from the CCC and C&S and slapping it on worship songs. Suddenly Dembe and Reddington are both MIA. (Sincere apologies to those who are not fans of Blacklist). It's a trending trend now. Some call it tongues of Angels. Quite interesting. You know what I'm talking about even if you're on this table. Don't come down. Sit there. Let's...
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