Do you have a praise band at your church?

My current church doesn't have a praise team. Others I've attended usually had their team situated to the left of the pulpit down in the congregation on the front row. The praise team usually does not lead the music and are sometimes responsible for the special music. Depends on the size of the church as to their responsibilities. A small church can use them for many things where a large church are more specialized.

Our Praise and Worship Team opens the service with songs and music (drums, guitar, bass, keyboard, conga drums, tambourines, and even a shofar horn). We have a projector so the congregation can sing along. The whole congregation stands during Praise and Worship and we just enter into the presence of God. The Pastor then takes over and gives our sermon, then the Praise and Worship Team is back up for Altar Call/Prayer Time. Our Praise and Worship Team is located on the stage behind the pulpit.

No. We have a pipe organ, and use classical music. However, there's a church in my neighborhood that does have a band, and the band is located at the front of the church, to the left side of the altar.

My church is non-denominational. We actually have 2 praise bands. One for youth and one for the adults. But to answer you question, Our praise and worship band does everything for praise and worship, they do everything until the pastor gives his sermon, both of the bands. And both are located on the stage, or alter, in the front of the church. If you are interested I can probably get you a video.

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No.

So-called "praise bands," with their schmaltzy lyrics and profane secular instruments do not mix well with the Lutheran Faith, although some misguided congregations, such as yours, have tham anyway. It is totally wrong to abandon 2000 years of beautiful Christian Hymns, to copy the junk cranked out in the mega churches.

we have a praise band,

and we have a music director who leads the choir and there are times when he will give a testimony or quote Scripture while the music is in the background.

we just let the spirit lead us (Baptist)

our band is off to the side.a piano,guitar,bass,drums.

The band plays worship songs, great ones at that. They are a Christian rock band, they sing and play, and there are words on a screen so the audience can sing too.

Yup....they are off to the right side. They have a screen to display the words of the songs.

"Praise team"? You realize this is one of the problems with religion...