th pastoring. I was still
youth pastor. We were
and conferences, and
reen room backstage.
sermon every night, so
lead worship, go back
inner, and then when I
they would come back
ship.
world, where the band
ship, then go back to
n’t bad or anything… I
room. Let me rephrase
om for everybody that
ay. Ushers, children’s
is such
part of
ment.
hearts,
ws
, that
factor.
serving on Sunday. We
m for them, with food
they can just come in
I told the band, if you
an go in the volunteer
n the road the goal is
ople and pastor them.
rship, but at church it’s
ent is so important for
u setting up chairs? Are
e? Are you out in the
eople? Are you in the
om that everybody else
peaking to us because
we have a little element of fame, and maybe
not all worship teams deal with this, but my
point is that that pastoral influence is the one
that says, “We shouldn’t be in the green room,
we’re pastoring people right now”. Quite frankly
I think that the worship leaders you see sustain
long term are the ones that are connected at
that level.
We had a meeting with an architect, talking
over this huge project that they’re doing at
Bethel, and the guy said, “Alright, we’re going
to put the green room here…” And Bill said,
“Why would we have a green room?” We’re
like, “You know, to rest in between services”.
And he said, “Why would we be resting in
between services? Why wouldn’t we be out
talking with the people?” He didn’t even want
a green room! (laughs)
[WM] What does the future hold for Jesus
Culture?
[Banning] We’re pretty passionate about
strengthening the local church around the world
for revival, so whatever that takes. We’re going
to continue to do conferences, put albums out
and plant churches. For us it’s about partnering
with God and what He’s doing in the church
around the world. Here’s what the future looks
like… We were originally a youth and young
adult movement that was mainly known for
its worship. We are now a church movement.
We’re not just focused on youth and young
adults, we want to strengthen the church
around the world, strengthen leaders around
the world, and we want to see them step into
their cities being awakened. Worship will always
be a part of that. Worship is such a critical part
of any movement. It is what awakens hearts,
what draws people in, that unifying factor. It
may look different than it has for us in the past,
but our mission hasn’t changed. We have a
little bit of a different target now that’s a little
broader in the body of Christ. We’re doing it
now as senior pastors, not as youth pastors,
but it’s much of the same.
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