Worship Musician Magazine September 2020 | Page 97

apply ourselves and strive to get better but at
the root of it all this can be very simple. I love
helping realize that. They feel empowered and
equipped when they have that foundation.
[Brian Michael Fuller] I love encouraging
and mentoring worship musicians and church
leaders. I also love making music. It’s the best
of both worlds.
[WM] You recently produced the Worship
Manual, Volume 2. Can you tell us a bit about
that?
[Brian Wahl] The Worship Manual is basically
a 101 crash-course for worship leaders. So
many of us get jobs as worship leaders and
don’t really have any idea how to do it well –
because nobody taught us. And furthermore,
many times nobody in our circle of influence
really knows how to do the job well. That is why
we made the Worship Manual.
Many people might not realize that Fuller was
formerly Bradford and my boss, and he’s been
a mentor to both of us. The Worship Manual
is really everything that Fuller has learned over
a career in worship ministry distilled down into
ten to fifteen-minute long videos. Volume 2 gets
really practical – how to run a rehearsal, how
to implement technologies like click tracks and
MultiTracks, etc.
[Brian Michael Fuller] In my experience, no
one ever really teaches you how to do a great
job leading a worship team so we thought we
would step in and make the ‘missing manual’
for what to do when you get that job! I wish
I would have had it fifteen years ago! Most
churches hire worship leaders, give them an
office and say, “Do a great job!” So, we wanted
step in and help take it from there to show
them everything else! We love worship, and we
want everyone, everywhere to be equipped to
do it well. We’re just here to share what we’ve
learned and hopefully inspire a generation of
leaders!
[WM] You have a vision under which
everything you guys do has to fall under. I love
that, can you share your insights on what that
vision is, how you came up with it, and how that
has helped guide your path to success?
[Brian Wahl] Our vision is that every church
in the world would have worship experiences
that are excellent and authentic. We chose
these words very carefully. You can achieve
excellence and authenticity without any budget
for it. You can do it while leading a small group
of ten people or in a room full of thousands.
Excellence and authenticity apply to churches
of every culture, every denomination, and in
any location in the world. These two things are
Biblical, and they are extremely important.
This vision has helped us tremendously. Every
time we create a new product or a new video,
we ask ourselves if it helps fulfill that vision. Does
it help people lead churches with excellence?
Does it help them do it more authentically? And
if we can continue to create things that help
churches and volunteers lead better, I believe
that God will continue to bless what we are
doing at Worship Tutorials.
[WM] Congratulations again!
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