About the Worship Educators Association

Who We Are

  • Full-time, part-time, administrative, and adjunct faculty members at Christian colleges and seminaries teaching in worship studies and ministries.

  • Independent or denomination-affiliated worship trainers, coaches, consultants, and clinicians coming alongside churches locally, regionally, and nationally.

  • Graduate and post-graduate students in worship studies, worship ministry, or related fields.

  • Music missionaries and ethnomusicologists serving in cross-cultural settings.

  • Faculty members at Christian schools advising student worship teams.

  • Music publishers, producers, distributors, and music industry professionals.

Our Mission.

The Worship Educators Association exists to support men and women called to prepare the next generation of worship leaders. 

We’re here to support you and help you to…

  • Connect. Extend your network of colleagues through conferences, webinars, and other events.

  • Collaborate. Work with your colleagues through WEA-affiliated Groups for grant-funded projects and resources.

  • Curate. Find support and resources for teaching and administering academic programs and training ministries.

  • Communicate. Share your research and resources with the teaching and training community at our events and through the Journal of Worship Ministry and other media channels.

  • Cultivate. Join us in promoting the next generation of scholars, teachers, and consultants, in particular through the Charles E. Fromm Scholarship.

  • Champion. Promote worship education to the Church and practical theological understanding of worship to the Christian music industry.

WEA Board of Directors

  • Emily Andrews, PhD

    Samford University

  • James Hart, DWS

  • Dave Helmuth, BMus

    AdLib Music

  • Ron Man, DWS

    Worship Resources International

  • Stephen Newby, DMA

    Baylor University

  • Tony Payne, DM

    Wheaton College

  • Eric Sarwar, PhD

    Tehillim School of Church Music and Worship

  • Joshua Waggener, PhD

    Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

  • Vernon Whaley, DMin, PhD

    Trevecca University

WEA Staff

  • Robb Redman, Dr theol

    Executive Director

  • Pam Redman, MA

    Event Coordinator

  • TBD

    WEA Journal Editor

Friends of WEA

Ready to Join?

WEA Membership Dues
$90.00
Every year

Membership in WEA provides you with a host of opportunities to both enrich your professional life and contribute to the field of worship studies and ministry.

✓ Be encouraged and challenged by fellow worship educators.
✓ Contribute to the future of worship education.
✓ Search for members using the online Membership Directory.
✓ Receive a complementary annual subscription to the Journal.
✓ Annual conference to connect scholars, practitioners, pubs.

FAQs

  • The Worship Educators Association is a community of Christ-centered scholars, including teachers, educational leaders, researchers, consultants, and graduate students committed to developing the next generation of worship leaders. WEA members are affiliated with institutions of higher education as well as with leaders involved in non-formal training of worship leaders in their roles with denominations or as independent coaches and clinicians.

    • Be encouraged and challenged by your fellow worship educators.

    • Contribute to the future of worship education and its effectiveness.

    • Search for fellow members using the online Membership Directory.

    • Receive a complementary annual subscription to the Journal of Worship Ministry.

    • Connect with scholars, practitioners, and publishers in the field by attending the Annual Conference.

    • Attend professional development sessions designed to assist you in various aspects of your career.

    • Contribute to the conversation in the academic field of worship ministry by:

      • attending research paper presentations at the Annual Conference,

      • presenting a research paper the Annual Conference,

      • publishing an article or review in the Journal of Youth Ministry.

    • Participate in our award programs including the Emerging Worship Scholar Award, Emerging Worship Consultant Award, the Student Achievement Award, and the Distinguished Worship Educator Award.

    • Support the next generation of worship studies and ministries educators through the Charles E. Fromm Worship Educators Scholarship.

  • WEA members are affiliated with institutions of higher education as well as with leaders involved in non-formal training of worship leaders in their roles with denominations or as independent coaches and clinicians.

  • Annual Membership Is Only $90!

    • Connect with your colleagues at one of a kind conferences, webinars, and other events.

    • Share your research and resources with the teaching and training community at our events and in the Journal of Worship Ministry.

    • Find support and resources for teaching and administering academic programs and training ministries.

    • Promote the next generation of scholars, teachers, and consultants, in particular through the Charles E. Fromm Scholarship.