Space For Worship: A Praise-and-worship View

The praise-and-worship tradition involves a variety of worship leaders who usually lead services from a center platform or stage. This article suggests ways of seating and arrangement on the platform that may maximize communication between the worship leader, the worship team, and the worshiping people. Many churches have asked about practical ideas in platform arrangements of musicians and singers. Naturally, it is impossible to cover every situation in every church, because of the many variables in congregational size, physical space limitations, and so on. But by carefully considering the following suggestions you will find some that are applicable to your situation. These will be especially helpful for those considering future platform positioning and for those involved in new building plans. Worship Leader's Proximity to the Congregation Some churches have a platform that is quite far removed from the congregational seating either by height or by horizontal distance. Because …