{"podcast":{"title":"Churchfront Podcast","slug":"churchfront-podcast-225613","podcast_index_feed_id":225613,"rss_url":"https://churchfront.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://churchfront.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/3/f/f/a3ffac37d8f43fd7d959afa2a1bf1c87/Churchfront-20251211-yrlophd155.png","author":"Churchfront","episode_count":100,"summary":"Equipping church leaders and spaces with innovative solutions for thriving ministry. Practical strategies and interviews on leadership, worship, and production. Learn more at www.churchfront.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:18:49.905977+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/churchfront-podcast-225613"},"episode":{"title":"What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Worship Pastor | Conversations With a Worship Pastor Part I","slug":"what-i-wish-i-knew-before-becoming-a-worship-pastor-conversations-with-a-worship-pastor-part-i","published_at":"2026-02-04T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/churchfront-podcast-225613/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-becoming-a-worship-pastor-conversations-with-a-worship-pastor-part-i","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/churchfront-podcast-225613","url":"https://churchfront.libsyn.com/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-becoming-a-worship-pastor-conversations-with-a-worship-pastor-part-i","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/churchfront/Conversations_with_a_Worship_Pastor_Part_I.mp3?dest-id=557502","summary":"Apply to Join Churchfront Premium Apply to Join Churchfront Pro Free Worship and Production Toolkit Shop Our Online Courses Join us at the Churchfront Conference Follow Churchfront on Instagram or TikTok: @churchfront Follow on Twitter: @realchurchfront Gear we use to make videos at Churchfront Musicbed SyncID: MB01VWQ69XRQNSN What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Worship Pastor - Part 1 Episode Description Matt sits down with Sean Bennett, one of the newest members of the Churchfront team and a 16-year worship ministry veteran, to talk about what it's really like to lead worship and production teams. In part one of this two-part conversation, they discuss what to look for when stepping into a new worship pastor role, navigating the tension between excellence and authenticity, and how to lead a production team you can never actually be with. Both Matt and Sean have led in large churches, small churches, and multi-site churches. They've both been the worship pastor who also had to somehow lead the tech team. This conversation pulls back the curtain on the real challenges worship pastors face and offers practical wisdom for anyone in church production or worship leadership. In This Episode What to look for when interviewing for a worship pastor role - Why you need to see people at their worst before taking the job, and the red flags Sean wishes he'd paid more attention to Excellence vs. authenticity - How to define excellence in a way that doesn't lead to perfectionism, and why \"doing the best you can with what you have\" changes everything The worship/production leadership dilemma - Why churches should stop hiring one person to do both roles, and what to do if you're already in that position You're a pastor first - Why your primary objective is discipleship, not musicians…","meta_description":"Apply to Join Churchfront Premium Apply to Join Churchfront Pro Free Worship and Production Toolkit Shop Our Online Courses Join us at the Churchfront Con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1493,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/churchfront-podcast-225613/episodes/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-becoming-a-worship-pastor-conversations-with-a-worship-pastor-part-i/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/churchfront-podcast-225613/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-becoming-a-worship-pastor-conversations-with-a-worship-pastor-part-i.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}