Matt Redman Launches Seminars for Future Worship Leaders

August 10, 2023167 views0

Matt Redman Launches Seminars for Future Worship Leaders

2023-08-10T09:50:24+01:00

By Church News

Christian singer and songwriter Matt Redman is launching a series of seminars, aimed at equipping the next generation of worship leaders.The collection of one-day events intriguingly titled ‘WOR/TH’ – is a combination of two words: Worship and Theology.Tickets went on general sale this week for the inaugural event, which will take place in Washington D.C. on 25th October at the Museum of The Bible.Redman grew up near Watford in the UK and became a Christian at the age of 10. He now lives in California with his wife and children. He has released 16 albums, written eight books, and has won two Grammy Awards for his song “10,000 Reasons”. He learned the guitar while attending his local parish church, St Andrew’s Chorleywood.As a teenager, he was encouraged to lead worship by his then youth leader, Mike Pilavachi. Together they went on to launch the popular Christian youth festival Soul Survivor and also planted a youth-focused church of the same name, where Matt led worship for eight years.He expressed support for victims and survivors of abuse earlier this year when Pilavachi became the subject of an extensive safeguarding investigation involving Soul Survivor.Redman recently opened up about the fact that he was one of the contributors to the investigation and that he had taken “a long time to heal” from his time at the church. Mike Pilavachi has now resigned from the ministry.The ‘WOR/TH’ kickoff event will feature other leading Christian musicians such as Pat Barrett, writer of “Good Good Father” and Jason Ingram who penned “King of Kings,” and “Great Are You Lord”.The day will consist of teaching in the art of songwriting, and author and theologian W. David O. Taylor, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and a leading academic mind in the area of worship theology will be teaching alongside the musicians.ALSO READ: Pope Francis Tries Hands at Mural Painting