The Nomadic Worship Leader: 5 Reasons Why "Creatives" Quit

By Shedrach L. Rowry

The Nomadic Worship Leader: Top 5 Reasons Why "Creatives" Quit / How to Love Them and Keep Them challenges, affirms, and equips worship leaders and pastors who desire an authentic, lasting, mutually beneficial relationship. Accurate statistics on the tenure of worship leaders are hard to find but the most popular church staffing website reveals that for every (1) senior pastor vacancy there are (3) worship leader vacancies with new ones becoming available every day. And that's just one staffing site which also only represents churches that are financially capable of conducting a national search to fill the position. A survey Shedrach Rowry conducted also revealed 70% of worship leaders either quit or consider quitting after only serving 3-5 years in a church. But why the high turnover rate? Although every scenario is unique, Shedrach sets out to share preventative principles that transcends ethnicity, culture, and denominational affiliation. Shedrach Rowry has served as a worship leader in some capacity or another for over 25 years. He has earned a degree in Ministry & Theology and is the Founder and CEO of The Levite Laboratory--a music development, performance, and production house. Shedrach has recorded multiple albums and leads worship for conferences all over the country including venues like: The House of Blues, SXSW music festival, Austin City Limits, Trinity Broadcasting Network, The Word Network, T.D. Jakes' MegaFest Conference, and Urbana Mission Conference. He draws upon these experiences as he sets out to uncover the basis of a worship leader's nomadic tendencies. Most significantly, Shedrach has been at the helm of multiple music ministries in various churches. He led worship at one church for 5 years, another one for 7 years, another one for 8 years, and now serves as pastor/elder of Refuge Church. He's served at churches with a weekly attendance of 30 people as well as at churches with a weekly attendance of 3000 people. Yet he confesses that he too has experienced the 3 year itch to quit in every instance. Wanna know why?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983249556
• ISBN13: 9781983249556
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"