Worship Team Training® Podcast
Transform the Leading of Worship
Real talk. Not trends. A platform for worship leaders and teams providing practical content to encourage and mentor worship leaders and teams through their ministry journey; and to help transform the leading of worship. Led by Branon Dempsey.
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Episodes
285 episodes
🎭That’s Worship-tainment | Ep 6. Season 10
Are we musically manipulating our churches? In this episode, we dig into the tension between worshiptainment and true worship leading. We uncover the uncomfortable truth that while we spend hours perfecting setlists, transitions, and tech flow,...
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🟢 The Green Room: You're Not The Worship DJ.
You're not the church DJ. If your idea of “leading worship” is picking four songs, making sure the transitions don’t sound awkward, and praying you don’t forget the lyrics — you’re missing the whole point. Worship leading is not about shuffling...
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🟢 The Green Room: Fighting The Wrong Battle
“It’s not about the worship team,” we preach. But then Sunday hits, and guess what? We’re back on the platform, anxiously watching the congregation for signs of engagement. We check if hands are raised, if eyes are closed, if the energy feels r...
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🟢 The Green Room: Leading The Real You
God never asked you to impersonate anyone. He didn’t call you to the platform because you could mimic the latest worship trend. He called you because He delights in who you are. Yes—you. The real you. The one behind the mic. The one who battles...
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🟢 The Green Room: You Can't Force Worship
(AUDIO PODCAST)🧐 Are you tired of looking out to the church and not seeing them worship? No one sings. No one claps or lift their hands. Are they even alive??But maybe there’s a truth behind some of the stone-cold faces…✅...
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🟢 The Green Room: Rehearsal Time Is Not Practice Time
➡️ I learned the hard way. Now I want to show you how to run rehearsals that not only prepare your team musically—but spiritually. Because what happens in the room is directly connected to what happens in the hearts of your people before they e...
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💉Staff Infection | Ep. 5 Season 10
🚨When the only thing more contagious than a virus… is passive aggression in your team.The divine mystery of how people who love Jesus still manage to totally annoy each other. From side-eye during soundcheck to “accidental” reply-all em...
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🎤🎙️ The Comparison Trap | Ep 4. Season 10
Why do you think worship leaders and teams struggle so much with comparison?It’s easy to look at other churches, teams, or worship leaders and feel like we’re not measuring up. But comparison can rob us of joy, creativity, and even our c...
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☝️Handling Conflict, Creating Boundaries | Ep 3. Season 10
🤨Leading Worship is about leading people. This includes building up the church spiritually and building people relationally. But when it comes to complaints, confrontation, and criticism, how do you handle these situations to help you grow?<...
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🟢 The Green Room: Confidence Over Criticism (After the Service)
You know, that moment when you reflect on every detail—the transitions, the song choices, and how you led. So amid the criticisms, where does your confidence go?While some may wrestle with self-doubt, here’s the truth: Worship belongs to...
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📆 Did They Decline?? | The Struggle of the Uncommitted | Ep. 2 Season 10
“Hi Tony, Chariya has DECLINED for Sunday Morning”Struggling with team members who are uncommitted, habitually late, absent, or dissatisfied? Tune into the latest episode of the Worship Team Training Podcast, where we tackl...
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🚷 Take a Break: Building Beyond Yourself | Ep 1. Season 10
🚷Take a Break: Building Beyond Yourself | Season 10😱Welcome to Season 10, Episode! Worship leaders often pour everything into their ministry, but what happens when they’re asked—or told—to step back? Step Back to the Future:<...
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🟢 The Green Room: The Rhythm of the Waves
Life moves like the ocean. There are high tides and low tides, steady rhythms and sudden crashes. The space between the waves—the quiet, the stillness—matters just as much as the surges. Can you be comfortable in the uncomfortable?
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🟢 The Green Room: Pause Before You Lead
Leading worship transcends the present moment; it’s about carrying forward the story of God’s goodness with every note and lyric. His works lay the foundation of my praise.As a worship leader, it's easy to get swept up in the rhythm of t...
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🟢 The Green Room: Finding Balance by the Spirit and Skill
The Holy Spirit does not conform to our plans, the setlist, the click, or even our skills. He operates where He wills, often in surprising ways. Therefore, how do you stay in tune and create a balance so you don’t miss the moment?
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🟢 The Green Room: The Making of a Worship Leader
Let’s take a time out. Being a worship leader is more than a role. It’s a calling. It’s not about the songs you choose or the notes you sing. It’s about pointing people to the One who is enthroned on high.“Who is lik...
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🟢 The Green Room: God Doesn’t Keep Score in Worship
Worship isn’t about production. It’s not about hitting every note perfectly or delivering a seamless set. It’s about the condition of your heart. Yet, as worship leaders, it’s easy to feel the pressure; but, God doesn’t keep score in worship...
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🟢 The Green Room: The Freedom to Worship and Trust
Branon shares the story of his recent tragedy and journey of healing. Recovery is hard. It’s slow and often frustrating. But it’s in this process that God works on us. He takes what’s broken and begins to heal it.For worship l...
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🤡 How Spiritual Abuse Ruins Worship | Michael Card | Podcast Season 9
🛐 What happens when narcissistic leaders make it a spiritually bad place to worship? It's no worship because it goes to the pride and control of man. Join us for this amazing season 2 finale episode with special guest Bible teacher and m...
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🥸What's Your Real? Worship EKG | Podcast Season 9
🕥 Why do we do it? Leading worship is not about building a brand, building a ministry, or even building the church. Leading worship is about building people: speaking the language of the people, building honesty, and nurturing relationsh...
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👻 How Do You Know It's Spiritual Abuse? | Branon Dempsey & Gary Durbin | Podcast Season 8
Was it just something said, was it something someone did, or was it something more spiritually? In church, we can shrug off talk or overlook behaviors, but what happens when it becomes abusive? How do you know when things have gone too far? 👺
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🚧 Worship Ministry Catalyst, Guest Branon Dempsey | Podcast Season 9
Worship Ministry Catalyst Podcast / Special Guest Branon Dempsey➡️ This interview was taken from Worship Ministry Catalyst, hosts David Linder and Joe Brookhouse. We talked about lessons from Covid and the essentials of worship. Ev...
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Spiritual Abuse: Worship Leaders, let’s talk.
How are we leading people in worship who suffer from abuse, namely, spiritual?Churches should be places of sanctuary and refuge, but for many, they can become sites of spiritual abuse. Spiritual abuse is a severe problem primarily hidde...
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(Mis)Using Tracks Part I | Podcast Season 9
Worship Under the Guide of Production or the Holy Spirit? Have we made an idol of production? We say "no," but for years, production appears to have more value and that is sought after by many churches for their worship services. Wha...
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Hillsong Cancel? (Part 2) | Podcast Season 8
How do you cancel a culture without canceling the people? Abuse of power and corruption ruins our churches, but its effects on people cut deep. To maintain justice and mercy is a culture that God sets for us to follow, so how do we do in societ...
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