The Worship and Leadership Podcast

LifePoint Church
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Real conversations on worship, leadership, and living a faith-filled life beyond the platform. Hosted by leaders from LifePoint Church, this podcast is here to inspire, equip, and challenge you—whether you’re leading in ministry, in the marketplace, or just learning to lead yourself well.

  1. 4d ago

    Do You Know Your People or Just Their Positions?

    Church leadership is more than filling volunteer slots. It’s shepherding the people God has entrusted to us. In this episode, we unpack John 10 and the difference between a shepherd and a hireling. Do we truly know our people, their families, struggles, motivations, and spiritual health, or do we only know the positions they fill? We also talk about musicians, gig culture, burnout, and why belonging and discipleship can matter more than a bigger check. Sometimes the most meaningful leadership is simple: checking in, showing up, and caring when life gets hard. If you lead volunteers, build worship teams, or want to create a healthier church culture, this conversation is for you. Send us Fan Mail

  2. Oct 28

    The Conversation You Keep Avoiding

    Some conversations feel optional until avoiding them starts costing your team trust, joy, and unity. In this episode, we talk about why leaders avoid hard conversations, the danger of wanting to be understood more than seeking to understand, and why clarity can actually be an act of love. We also share a practical approach to healthy conflict: prepare your heart, address the issue directly, and protect the relationship. Whether you lead a worship team, staff, volunteers, or people in any capacity, avoiding conflict rarely makes it disappear. The conversation you’re avoiding may be the very conversation your relationship needs. Send us Fan Mail

  3. Oct 21

    Would You Rather…Choose Joy?

    Sunday tech failures. Volunteer shortages. Long meetings. Getting sick right before service. Ministry gives us plenty of reasons to lose our joy. After a few rapid-fire ministry “Would You Rather” questions, we get into a deeper conversation about joy as a leadership posture, not a personality trait. What’s the difference between happiness and joy? How do you choose joy without being fake? And how does a leader’s attitude affect the people around them? We talk about protecting your team, processing emotions in healthy places, and learning to lead with joy even when circumstances aren’t ideal. You may not get to choose what happens, but you do get to choose what you carry into the room. Send us Fan Mail

  4. Oct 14

    Green Room Theology

    What happens before the platform matters more than what happens on it. In this episode, we talk about the hidden life behind public ministry and what happens when the room is loud, the band is tight, and everything “works,” but your soul is quietly starving. From Jesus’ warning in Matthew 6 to the pursuit of God’s presence in Exodus 33, we unpack spiritual formation, consecration, repentance, and the danger of measuring effectiveness by people’s reactions. What if prayer in the green room mattered more than performance on the platform? Because Sundays can only overflow from what God is doing in us when nobody is watching. Before there is authentic worship on the platform, there has to be an authentic life in the secret place. Send us Fan Mail

  5. Oct 7

    Covenant Friends

    You can know a lot of people and still feel alone. In this episode, we look at David and Jonathan and what it means to have friendships that go beyond convenience, proximity, or shared interests. Jonathan didn’t just know David. He found him in the wilderness and “strengthened his hand in God.” We talk about covenant friendship, why leaders need more than buddies, what keeps us from real connection, and the difference between a mentor and a true friend. We also unpack how small groups can become places where genuine community, discipleship, and care are built. The question isn’t just, “Who are your friends?” It’s who strengthens you, and who are you strengthening? Send us Fan Mail

  6. Sep 30

    When Ministry Breaks You

    Ministry can be the place where you meet God, and the place where you get hurt so badly you don't recognize yourself. We're Elmer Cañas Jr. and Willie C. Simpson, getting painfully honest about the moments when leadership pressure didn't just challenge us, it broke us. Elmer shares being a teenager who loved worship ministry, served constantly, then got pushed out of the church he called home. Willie brings a raw story from bivocational ministry: long hours, two little kids, a fast-growing church, and a breaking-point phone call with his wife that forced a choice between pride and wisdom. We dig into a lesson that reaches far beyond church work: idols always collapse. Using 2 Corinthians 1:8-9, we talk about being burdened beyond strength so we learn to rely on the God who raises the dead. Subscribe, share it with a friend who feels burned out, and leave a review. What's one thing you're afraid to lose, and why? Send us Fan Mail

  7. Sep 23

    Follow Well Before You Lead - Part 2

    A leader looks you in the eye and says, "You're a liar." Not because you're lying, but because your words never get to the point. That kind of correction can trigger outrage, shame, and the urge to defend yourself or expose the other person's flaws. In this episode we talk honestly about what to do when correction hits hard and feels unfair, especially when the person correcting you has their own character issues. We unpack a key idea: respect is a feeling, but honor is a choice you show through your actions. How do you honor a leader you don't admire? Why does "water cooler" complaining quietly destroy a team? And where's the line, because if people are being harmed or policies broken, you speak up right away. David under Saul and Joseph under false accusation show us how to serve with humility without becoming a doormat. Subscribe, share it with a friend walking through a hard leadership season, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Send us Fan Mail

  8. Sep 16

    Follow Well Before You Lead - Part 1

    If you’ve ever thought, “I could run this better,” you might be skipping the one skill that makes great leaders: followership. We’re Elmer Cañas Jr. and Willie C. Simpson, and we go straight at the uncomfortable truth most people avoid. Everyone wants influence, but very few people want submission, patience, or the discipline of being led. We ground the conversation in 1 Samuel 24, where David has a perfect chance to take out King Saul and chooses restraint instead. That story opens a bigger discussion about honoring authority without excusing sin, and why most of our frustrations with leaders are not about biblical wrongdoing or illegal behavior but about preference. We unpack a simple filter that changes everything: is the tension about policy or preference? We also talk about how modern consumer culture, YouTube, and AI can create the illusion that we don’t need leaders, mentors, or craft, and how that mindset shows up at work, at home, and on worship teams. Then we get practical: loyalty is not silence. We share how to ask for clarity at the right time, how to carry a leader’s heart “downstream” without protecting their image, and the gut-check questions that reveal what kind of follower you really are, including “What is it like to lead me?” If you want to lead with integrity, learn to follow with humility. Subscribe for more conversations on worship, church leadership, and spiritual formation, then share this with a teammate and leave a review. What’s one preference you’ve been treating like a policy? Send us Fan Mail

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Real conversations on worship, leadership, and living a faith-filled life beyond the platform. Hosted by leaders from LifePoint Church, this podcast is here to inspire, equip, and challenge you—whether you’re leading in ministry, in the marketplace, or just learning to lead yourself well.

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