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My role is to identify leaders who are very comfortable identifying other leaders and create space for them to access ministry.” – John Cassetto
I love conversations with worship pastors. Especially those who are more interested in raising others up over doing their own ministry. This is John Cassetto, Global Worship Pastor at Saddleback Church.
This interview covers a lot of ground. Consider it a field trip, a tour of how a successful worship ministry is run. From auditions, to vision, to songwriting, to discipleship, to potted succulents (yep), this interview has it all.
No one has it all figured out but one of the most effective things you can do is learn from those who are further down the road of ministry.
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In This Episode You’ll Hear More About:
- The vision of Saddleback Worship.
- The audition process of Saddleback Worship.
- How to lead worship leaders across 16 campuses.
- The importance of raising up leaders.
- Why good communication and good information matters.
- The Saddleback Worship audition process.
- How to say “no” to a bad audition.
- Creating a process of growth for young musicians.
- How Saddleback collaborates on songlists across campuses.
- How far in advance Saddleback schedules their worship teams & plans setlists.
- The difference between transactional and transformational relationships.
- How to balance global and local.
- How Saddleback approaches songwriting & albums.
We decided to be a team that was world class in how we love Jesus and love each other.” – John Cassetto
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Website: Saddleback Worship
- Website: Planning Center
- Book: The Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren
- Book: Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration by Warren Bennis
- Book: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene Peterson
- Book: I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story of God by Louie Giglio
- Twitter: @svccworship
- Twitter: @johncassetto
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Such an informative Podcast. Thank you so much for the gift that you are to the body of Christ.!! I pray that God continues to supply what you need to do what you are doing. You are helping shape lives for effective and lasting ministry. Blessings my friend!!!!