WorshipLeaderResearch.com is the home for articles and news related to a collaborative study focused on the behaviours of the primary contributors to contemporary worship and the attitudes and behaviours of local worship leaders towards them. By exploring the relationships between quantitative and qualitative data, we hope to better understand the relationship between the worship music industry and local worship practitioners. The study aims to equip practitioners with a deeper understanding of the forces that impact their corporate worship song selections.
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Wishful Worship
Wishful Worship: The role of aspiration in Sunday morning setlists “Do you wish your church was more similar in worship culture/style to the churches and/or artists like The Big 4?” In our survey of over 400 worship leaders (WLs), this question was posed regarding the influence of “culture” and “style” of worship on their church’s worship practices. (To find out who the “Big 4” are, check out this article on the “Big 4” brands.) This survey question was rooted in one of our initial hypotheses, namely that[...]
Age & The Worship Artist
When worship leaders talk about age, it’s mostly about the question of “aging out” and the hurt that has come from churches appearing to pass over older worship leaders in favor of their younger and more stylish counterparts. But “with age comes wisdom,” so the saying goes – does this saying extend to the way worship leaders navigate the worship music industry? In our landmark survey of 412 worship leaders, 198 respondents were between the ages of 18 and 34, while 214 respondents were 35+ years old. Splitting[...]
