08/06/2025
MUSIC MINISTRY
Pastor Chris
Pastor Ken
When I first heard pastor Chris say, there is no such thing music ministry ... I was quiet because when a father speaks and you have a different opinion the right thing to do is to ask questions and if you can't reach him, keep quiet and keep thinking about it or hold your opinion to yourself, and don't fight what he says with what you know. So I did.
But today I saw another clip again where he repeated the same thing and God gave me light, that what he says is the truth and expatiates it more for me... THAT there is no independent music ministry where a singer has right and control to himself and his or her singing ministry, rather the music ministry is an offshoot of the priestly ministry, that all music ministry must be tied to a priest or a church who controls their affairs. What their priest says over their singing is final.
The Levites who run the music ministry did so in the temples and under the priesthood of the temple. They serve the purpose of God as led by the priest and by the dictates of the temple leaders. Their songs where suitable for their's priest ministration.
The prophets who had mistrels did so for themselves for their priestly or prophetic ministration.
There was no case where we had an independent music ministry in all the scriptures.
Now, David as an individual had an independent singing ministry without attachment to a priest or the temple. Is that your question?
David never had a singing ministry. David was just an individual who had the knowledge of God at a tender age, and sang as every body would but the Spirit of God was present because of his knowledge of God.
If you say David had an independent music ministry where in the Bible did he practiced it. Did he ever took music ministry as his job? No!
He was a little boy who spend his days with his father, Jesse's sheep in the field, I believe why he dud his job he spent time singing the songs of Zion and God visited him there. And that was how he was spotted. No approved or ordain independent music ministry.
Ephesians 5:18-20
Any Christian can sing and God's glory will come down, that does not mean you are called to music ministry independent of the church or your priest.
What God does is anoint or grace a person for the singing aspects of the church ministry.
The Levites were given such a role by God as their part of duty in His house.
When God calls a man or woman for the work of the church, to lead His people in church ministry He also anoint and appoint others to play different roles that is where the music ministry falls in the church.
Now, if you say because a person sings and God's glory comes down and that automatically means a call to music ministry what about an instrumentalist who plays and God's glory comes down? Does he have an instrumentalist calling too. This is just God anointing people for the work of the church and evangelism.
Exodus 31: 1-6
NOW! can Music ministers go out and receive gift after ministration in other churches?
Yes! But on the permission of their pastors.
Also, it must be honorarium not a charging or a pre-negotiated amount. Just like the way a pastor is invited and he is given honorarium willingly after ministration ( Although i learnt some preachers charge for preaching which is wrong).
You can't be an insubordinate or independent music minister. I would say, you rather call yourself a musician or a gospel singing musician and sing for people, in weddings, other cooperate events and also churches if invited. But dont paint this Holy ministry thing that is independent of a Church or under the covering or supervision of a priest.
If God gave you a singing grace is for His church or evangelistic ministry not a business.
We must know everything God does on earth is linked to His church.
In the old testament there were appointed singers by God for the work in the temple and they were also giving a portion of the proceeds that comes to the temple.( they don't work like the priests, they waited on the Lord)
In the new testament we never see any one called to music ministry but all were made to work in the church play their different roles.
Remember, when Satan's agents come into a church the first place they go to in the choir. The choir is the first and most focus point of the church. I will not be surprised if he start deceiving the believers to become independent and insubordinate to the church.
Like pastor Chris said in his video.... some will sing in church service and leave immediately to another location. You can do that in your local church while your priest is ministering and claim you have a call from God. You must have a local church where you are a serving and obedient believer like every other. You can't serve in a church at the mercy of your so called music ministry. That is, you are only in church when your music ministry allows you. You only stay in service till the end when you dont have engagement else where. You must be a minister in your church and under the guidance of your priest.
Well in conclusion;
Let every man be led by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. We all will answer to Christ one day.
Shalom!!!
