What If….We became ONE

Here is a new concept we are going to be doing from time to time at Innovative Ministry Leader. The point is to start more movements across the world in reaching people for Christ. This will be an open dialog post so please provide insight and ideas.

What if Churches truly became engaged in unity? I’m not talking about getting together for a barbeque, but truly unified in service. We seem to argue so much of what is right, and who is right, but the truth is we all have ONE ENEMY and we as Christians serve ONE GOD. It doesn’t have to be about what type of music, service, or type of clothes we wear, but the fact is there are thousands upon thousands of people that will feel the flames of hell, because we can get our butts in the street. 

What would the impact be if every Church in one city, unified together and swept that city telling people about the love of God? What if every Church and every member went out on the streets in that city and helped the homeless? We’re talking about hundreds upon hundreds of Christians reaching out and giving food and help to those in need. Could it end problems we have?(or some of them?) Would people get saved?

It is time for Pastors to become leaders that join together the body of Christ, and challenge people that Church is more than sitting in the pews on Sunday. That it is okay to come together with Churches and reach out to the world.

A great example of this is “One Prayer,” that was organized by Lifechurch.tv. It was a joined series, that included messages, and service projects by hundreds of churches across the world. 

What if we tried this? 

Insight? Ideas?

Team IML

Pre-Fabricated Worship-Nashville’s Songwriting Formula

We wanted to pose the question to what many of you think about about Songwriting in Worship. Much of what we think about is the Pre-Fabrication of Worship Music, much of what happens in Nashville, Tennessee and around the world. 

Confessions of a Worship Leader stated a few months ago:

“I say all that to say, I understand what the songwriter goes through. I also know, however, that a lot of what gets used in church comes from songwriters with the “Nashville Songwriting Formula” that no one knows about but those who are privy to it’s use. They go into the studio on Monday morning and bang out a song by mid-afternoon and a few months of production later, it’s in a church near you.”

It seems that so many artists and worship leaders go around today, writing with random writers just to get the next hit song to sell to the church. Not all artists are involved with this, and the ones we find that do write the majority of their songs usually have the most creativity.

Where is the heart? Where is the truth? Where is the originality? 

Do you truly think God blesses a song that was written for the motive just to sell? 

These are questions that we ponder. Lets hear some of your thoughts. 

Team IML