Thursday, October 5, 2006

Directory of Worship Resources

This is my guide to good online resources out there for all you worship leaders, worship musicians and those seeking to learn more about worship.

www.verticalmusic.com 
The latest christian releases, worship leader profiles and a song search facility.
www.equippingthechurch.co.uk
What used to be Kingsway UK - Resources for British worship such as songbooks/CDs.
www.worshipcentral.org.uk
Tim Hughes’ newest project, a School of Worship! Site includes new songs, podcasts, seminars. I want to go! 
www.mattredman.com
Sound teaching and reflections on worship, song lyrics and Matt’s diary…
www.insideworship.com
Vineyard’s site include teaching, songwriting tips and worship leader profiles.
www.worshipleader.com
Online version of an American magazine, with CD reviews and articles from contributing writers - Matt Redman has a regular column.
www.268generation.com
The official website of the Passion conferences in USA, a fast growing movement of worship among college campuses, who produce their own CDs every year. Worship leaders include Chris Tomlin, Charlie Hall and Matt Redman among others. (I would definitely recommend their CDs as a new song resource)
www.survivor.co.uk
Matt Redman’s recod label in the UK. Its motto being “Worship for a New Generation”, this label/online store is good for British CDs, songbooks, dvds, books and  worship resources.
www.sixsteprecords.com
Chris Tomlin’s and David Crowder’s record label, as well as Matt Redman’s USA label. Linked with 268 Generation and Passion conferences, this site is good for American recordings particularly.
www.hillsong.com
The website of the Australian church famous for their worship CDs, with links to their bible college.
www.worshiptogether.com
A great site for new songs and teaching articles - also see www.worshiptogether.co.uk
www.pwarchive.com
A great song finder. Also has chord charts, top songs (acc. to CCLI) and suggestions for themed worship sets.
www.worshipmax.com
Part of the Hearts to God Praise & Worship Network, this is a membership/paid site with practical tips, downloads and new songs.
www.worshipideas.com
Great resource for practical articles on leading worship, and working with teams. This site is also part of the Hearts to God Praise & Worship Network.
www.worshipmusicianmagazine.com
Online version of another American/Canadian magazine, geared towards musicians in worship teams. Contributing writers include Paul Baloche (Open the eyes of my heart) and Lincoln Brewster. 
www.ktworship.org
The worship section of Kesington Temple church London’s website. Site includes details of their summer school for worship/arts (well worth going to) and information on their various departments, including recording tips!
www.leadingworship.com
Sounds like me, but isn’t me! A site for media and audio visual worship tools, like backgrounds and a handy key conversion chart - downloadable for free! 

That’s just some of the great resources that are out there for all you worship leaders. I hope that these are useful to you… feel free to comment on whether you find them particularly useful or not, or if you have a link to add to this list, please send it to me and I will include it above. Happy surfing!

These websites are not linked to leadingworship.blog.com in any way

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