How to Dump Your Worship Leader [rewind]

By Jon Nicol

It's rewind week - we're looking at back at some of the top posts of 2011. And here's one of the more popular ones I wrote for WorshipMinistry.com this last year. It seemed to hit a nerve. Here's an excerpt:

How to break up with your worship pastor/leader:

1. Stop showing up. I’ll eventually get the hint. And let all my phone calls go to voice-mail and emails go unanswered. The longer we delay the follow-up conversation, the less awkward it will be. I promise.

2. Ask a friend on the team to let me know that you won’t be playing/singing anymore. I enjoy this one. It gives me that 7th grade feeling all over again – like when I got a Dear John note from my first girlfriend, delivered by her friend to my friend.

3. Email. This–in our tweeting/texting/Facebooking culture–counts for deep, meaningful interpersonal communication. This mode of break-up also allows you to go into detail about why – especially adding advice on how I can do my job better.

Find out all the ways to Dump Your Worship Leader.