Let the People Sing

It is astounding how so many worship teams miss the mark on letting the church sing. Too many worship teams are not aware that they are too concerned with their arrangements, presentation, and of course the wanting the move God.  These things are good; however, it’s important to always incorporate the church in worship in a way that they can also be heard. 

When I speak about singing, I’m talking about breaking the arrangement of the song to give an opportunity for the congregation to hear themselves as they sing to God. It is encouraging when the people who are singing hear the rest of the congregation sing.


I have heard two responses regarding this: those who go to church and walk out with the feeling that the worship team did a great job and those who say "I sang my heart out at church, like in the middle of rushing waters, it was awesome!," not a sing along like a spectator to the venue called church.

It brings the following…

It brings a feeling of unity. When the people hear themselves sing, they feel that they belong. God will do the supernatural in uniting the disconnected people to the rest of the church as they sing to HIM as one.

It brings a voice of unity. As the church sings as one voice, they declare the attributes of God together, and if the individual decides not to sing he will surely hear who God is to the church.

Thirdly, it brings a heavenly touch to the worship. When the church sings it gives them an atmosphere of heaven in their worship time.

Instructions... Find a place in the song where (the Spirit will indicate what part of the song) the church should sing or repeat without the whole band. Tell the band to be always ready for this opportunity to happen when the worship leader will encourage them to sing with the church. It is encouraging, (especially to the new-comers) when even the band is singing along with the singer and the rest of the congregation; all are singing as one.

Let’s sing as church in worship, not as spectators at a concert…