During the broadcast, Carlos Whittaker posed the following question, “Do you need to be a great vocalist in order to be a worship leader?” He continued asking which is more important leadership skills or vocal skills, as it relates to leading worship.

Here are the opinions that some people shared on Twitter:

“Being a great vocalist can limit your ability to lead worship if you put songs in a range the congregation can’t follow.”

“If the worship leader isn’t worshipping God then they’re not doing it right… vocals are secondary.”

“I feel like you can be a great worship leader even if you don’t have a great voice.”

“Being able to lead people into the presence of God is WAY more important than being a great vocalist.”

“Simply, no! HOWEVUHHHH—you gotta carry some kind of note, right? I’d prefer leadership over vocals.”

“Great voice doesn’t make you great leader. And you can be a great leader w/o a great voice (Willie Nelson)”

In my opinion, leadership is much more important than vocal ability. I think that it is important for a worship leader to be able to hear God and lead the congregation in the direction that God wants them to go. Worship leaders will be so much more effective if they focus on leading people according to God’s will first, and focus on vocal quality second.

Let me know what you think. In your opinion, is it important for a worship leader to be a good vocalist?

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The Worship Tour is also featuring local church leaders exclusive Q&A sessions.  These sessions, “Conversations from the Red Chair” presented by Integrity Live, will be an open conversation with Jeremy Camp, Carlos Whittaker, and John Mark McMillan to encourage and fellowship with local church leaders before the show. For the registered price of $25 (limited number of tickets at each date), each church leader will receive entrance to the Conversations Pre-Show, one premium-seat ticket to the concert and a church leader gift bag including song sheets and chord charts. Registration and dates are available now at this site: http://jeremycamp.com/conversations/

It seems like this is going to be a really good tour. I’m sure that many worship leaders will benefit from the Q&A sessions.

For tickets and more information on “The Worship Tour,” visit http://jeremycamp.com/content/tour .

“The Worship Tour” Dates (all dates subject to change)
October 8    Nashville, TN (FREE EVENT)
October 9    Poplar Bluff, MO
October 10    Jackson, MS
October 14    St. Cloud, MN
October 15    Eau Claire, WI
October 16    Rochester, MN
October 17    Bemidji, MN
October 21    Ft. Mills, SC (Charlotte, NC)
October 22    Charleston, WV
October 23    Virginia Beach, VA
October 24    Woodbridge, VA
October 28    Sterling Heights, MI
October 29    Grand Rapids, MI
October 30    Whitestown, IN (Indianapolis)
October 31    Salem, IL

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John Mark McMillan is mostly know for the song How He Loves Us. After people hear The Medicine, I have a feeling that he will be known for much more than that.

This 14 track album explores the importance and need for resurrection in our lives. We have all dealt with hurt, pain, or insecurity. The Medicine is about using worship to connect with God, so he can speak to those dark places in our lives.

Many people have described John Mark McMillan’s as poetry. I encourage you to check it on Amazon.com or iTunes and experience it for yourself.

Check out the song Skeleton Bones from The Medicine CD.

The purpose of this application is to use social media to connect fans with worship artists and their music.

The premise is simple. Send a Twitter message about a featured Integrity artist from Tweet4Track’s website and receive a free MP3 download from new and upcoming projects. Many of us already make music recommendations on Twitter anyway. It is nice to get something in return.

In case you didn’t know, some of Integrity Music’s artist include: Kari Jobe, Carlos Whittaker, Israel Houghton, Lincoln Brewster, Vicky Beeching, Paul Baloche, John Mark McMillan, Desperation Band and Deluge.

I absolutely LOVE this idea! Music sales are down across many genres. It is nice to see that Integrity Music is doing something innovative in an effort to promote its artists.

I would never praise something that I didn’t actually use myself. I tried Tweet4Track. I went to the site, sent my tweet and instantly received a FREE download of Skeleton Bones by John Mark McMillan.

For more information visit www.Tweet4Track.com. After you try the service, post a comment and let me know what you think about it.

Here is a song chart for the hit song How He Loves. Feel free to download it and share it with your worship teams. Click HERE to download the the song chart.

Check out this video that talks about the story behind How He Loves. John Mark talks about how he wrote the song after wrestling with God following the death of a friend.