Delwin Eiland on starting over at Mars Hill from Willow Creek and what he’s learned so far nine months into the process

Starting over at a new church can have its own unique set of challenges. It’s something I’ve done recently, and it’s what Delwin Eiland is doing right now. After being the worship pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago for almost eight years, he’s now starting over at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this conversation we talk about figuring out a new church culture, earning trust with your people and finding that balance between not disrupting the identity of the ministry but also beginning to put your own fingerprints on it.

Starting over at a new church can have its own unique set of challenges. It's something I've done recently, and it's what Delwin Eiland is doing right now. After being the worship pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago for almost eight years, he's now starting over at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Find Delwin Eiland online:
Instagram: instagram.com/delwin_eiland
Twitter: twitter.com/delwin_eiland
Spotify: spotify.com/delwin_eiland

When I was in the same situation as Delwin, starting over at a new church, I documented the journey and made a few YouTube videos about it. Check out this playlist of videos.

Tracy Stingley is the music director at Willow Creek and long-time friend of Delwin’s. I got to talk with Tracy at FILO 2019 about what an MD does for the band and what it might look like for your church band. Here’s that video.

On the topic of Willow and FILO, you can check out another podcast episode with Mr. FILO himself, Todd Elliott. He used to be the technical arts director at Willow and now runs the conference that caters to and loves on those that do technical arts in the church. Here’s that episode.

Todd recently released a book called I Love Jesus But I Hate Christmas: Tackling the Challenges of Being a Church Technical Artist.

If you need help getting unstuck in your worship ministry, starting this month I’m making myself available on Fridays for one-hour coaching calls. For pricing information and to schedule a time, check out the coaching page.

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