How has the Worship Central been developing so far?
It’s been going great! We’re getting about 900 worship leaders and musicians to each of the days, and we’re getting great response from the podcast and website. There’s always a great need for training and resourcing, and it’s great to see a community of worship leaders developing.
Has there been an increase in participants since the first workshop?
I think we see that 50 per cent of the people are the same, and the rest are new. So it’s still growing - we’re still getting the word out there, and new people are coming in… it’s all really exciting.
Have you had any worship training retreats yet?
We actually had our retreat two weeks ago. We took 20 worship leaders away for three nights, along with Martyn Layzell (worship pastor, St Aldates)… There was teaching, songwriting, and we prayed and worshipped together. It was really a great time!
The next Worship Central gathering will be a ‘Bring your Pastor’ event. What is that all about?
The pastors of our churches are the ‘chief leader-worshippers’. We want to see churches change in a way that they worship deeper in a more developed way. For that, we need to get the pastors on board. I’m a worship leader, but I could only do as much as my leader gives me permission to. As worship leaders and pastors, we want to explore what worship is together, and what’s going on with the church. Especially since there have been so many walls in our community over worship - songs and styles. We want to be able to pray for our leaders, and encourage them. We’re going to have Mike Pivalachi and Nicky Gumbel speaking at the event.
And how are things going with Holy Trinity Brompton Church (HTB)?
It’s been great, really lovely. With Alpha and Worship Central, we’ve been learning a lot. We love being in London and it’s very exciting. Obviously we’re still linked with Soul Survivor and Mike Pivalachi.
So what’s the overall theme of your new album Holding Nothing Back?
