Worship Leader Institute

06/04/2026

SOME INFO ON A COUPLE OF MICRO-COURSES I'M TEACHING ON WORSHIP SHORTLY! HAVE A LOOK...
https://nbseminary.ca/academics/life-long-learning/worship-micro-courses/

17/03/2026

Is there more to St Patrick's Day than green beer and Celtic pipe bands? Written a couple of years ago, but still merits a quick read every March 17 to be reminded of the historic importance of the slave-turned-missionary who took the Gospel message to his former captors!

https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what-can-we-learn-from-the-life-of-patrick-of-ireland/?queryID=8881a2fcdcc749cf178a185bcd30eb87

Imagine this: you are kidnapped by raiders from your life of plenty and safety, then taken to a country across the sea and doomed to life-enforced servitude. Then, you have...

16/03/2026

Some promo made by Northwest College & Seminary for the courses on worship theology I'm teaching this spring! Check them out with the link: https://nbseminary.ca/academics/life-long-learning/worship-micro-courses/

13/01/2026

TWO VERY IMPORTANT PIECES OF NEWS:

FIRSTLY, WorshipLeaderInstitute.org has RELOCATED from Vancouver to the INDIANAPOLIS area. Watch for training workshops as we develop partnerships in the area!

SECONDLY, as we continue to build the partnership with Northwest Seminary & College, we are working toward DEVELOPING AND ONLINE CERTIFICATE for training worship leaders, pastors, and lay leaders to be better equipped in the ministry of worship.
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We are planning additional online micro-courses (short, video based, 1 credit equivalent) on key aspects of the theology and practice of worship. Each micro-course will combine 4 short video lectures with 3 moderated Zoom discussions, taught and led by Dr. Johnny Markin, and possibly other guest lecturers. ​The first module on Trinitarian worship will be running again in early 2026, with the second module on studying The Church at Worship later this spring. Please check back for details or message for more info!

https://www.worshipleaderinstitute.org

FIRSTLY, WorshipLeaderInstitute.org has relocated from Vancouver to the Indianapolis area. Watch for training workshops as we develop partnerships in the area!

24/04/2025

To understand the scriptural concept of worship as Anamnesis (1 Cor 11:24), this author describes it nicely!

“Likewise, at the Table of remembrance, the Church does not simply reflect (as a mental exercise) upon the Cross of Calvary, but relives the accomplished redemption, is taken back to the Upper Room and the Hill, shares in that saving work which it knows as a present reality—because its Author is the living One in the midst of His ransomed people.”

Ralph P. Martin, Worship in the Early Church, Rev. ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1974), 118–119.

14/04/2025

ONLINE WORSHIP THEOLOGY MINI-COURSE STARTING APR 22!! A PRE-EASTER REMINDER!!! See video for details...

17/03/2025

Very excited for this partnership in between Northwest Seminary & College and WorshipLeaderInstitute.org . Have a watch of this short video. If you're interested in being part of this first micro-course, please find the link in my bio if you want to or take it for . APRIL 22-MAY 5, 2025.

28/02/2025

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ... super excited about this!

It’s with great excitement that we are announcing that WorshipLeaderInstitute.org is entering into a PARTNERSHIP with Northwest Seminary & College to work at equipping worship leaders, pastors, and lay leaders to be better equipped in the ministry of worship.

We have planned A SERIES OF ONLINE MICRO-COURSES (short, video based, 1 credit equivalent) that will begin this April. Each micro-course will combine 4 short video lectures with 3 moderated Zoom discussions, taught and led by Dr. Johnny Markin.

The courses will be open for credit or for auditing in terms of professional development, etc. For the course credit, there will be assigned readings and some short assignments to further help solidify the course material.

Our first micro-course will be “A Trinitarian Theology of Worship: How the Triune Nature of God Informs and Shapes Christian Worship”. You can sign up online at: https://nbseminary.ca/a-trinitarian-theology-of-worship/

The course begins APRIL 22 until MAY 5th, with an additional two weeks for the Zoom sessions and assignments.

25/02/2025

31/01/2025

Wise words from Zac Hicks...

01/11/2024

A NEW BLOG ... I hope you'll take 2 min to read it and be inspired about worship!

Worship: Breathing In & Out

A liturgy with lots of Scripture is an example of how when we worship together, we are breathing in and out.

Worship has often been referred to as the Divine Dialogue. We must remember ... (click below for full article)

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Tim 3:16-17 (ESV)A liturgy with lots of Scripture is an example of how when we worship together...