Indicators of Fake Worship Teams

I recently read an Internet article by David Santistevan, a Worship Pastor at Allison Park Church, while browsing my way through my daily errands online and it just moved me so much that I just have to share it with you.

Being in the worship ministry, it sure is difficult to lead people to the presence of God. It takes a lot of work --- anointing, skill, and teamwork.  I mean, we have worship leaders back in church who just struggle to even keep these three elements together.

But from what I can see, the biggest failure of all is to pretend to lead people to worship and God's presence. The Bible clearly mentions in 2 Timothy 3:5 about people that are "...having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them."

You are considered a fake worship pastor, leader, or part of the team, if you:

1. Don’t pray
2. Never intercede for your congregation
3. Don’t meditate on Scripture
4. Live off of yesterday’s anointing
5. Tell your band to do something you’re not willing to do
6. Don’t worship behind closed doors
7. Compete with other worship leaders or teams
8. Talk about yourself all the time
9. Don’t encourage other musicians and worship leaders
10. Always refer to the “Glory Days”, ignoring what God is currently doing
11. Develop an easy system and coast with it
12. Ignore accountability
13. Gossip and put down other churches
14. Ignore the connection between your public and private life
15. Refuse to take the “backseat”
16. Stop answering altar calls
17. Prepare your music, not your heart
18. Only worship God when you’re leading
19. Ignore input from your pastor
20. Don’t pursue a deeper knowledge of God
21. Stay busy at church, ignore your family
22. Keep your private sin private
23. Don’t be desperate for God to move, just play the music
24. Never speak of Jesus outside of church
25. Refuse to learn from others