The role of the worship leader is very similar to the role of the pastor, according to Piper’s terminology in Brother’s, We Are Not Professionals.
A worship leader is most likely a worship pastor, and therefore deals heavily with shepherding the people, and interacting with the congregation quite a bit.
Long gone are the days when worship leaders were simply singers. Ministry has definitely shifted.

Today, worship leaders, like you and I, deal with plugging in XLR’s, checking on buying new guitars, and dealing with that one old lady that keeps coming up week after week just begging you to play the new “Casting Crowns” song she heard on the radio. Furthermore, we deal with leading our teams, caring for their hearts, and showing them how to lead.
Worship leaders should always be devoted to the Word. Are we foolish enough to believe that the Word is only the “senior” pastor’s job?

Our “life of ministry” often times gets in the way of our ministering to God and him ministering to our hearts as well.
Prayer is such a neglected, yet important function of every believer, especially pastors and elders.
But we already know this.
Often times, I trick myself into thinking it’s an issue of “time.”
Yet, God has given me 24 hours in every day. It’s typically a heart thing. Often, I do not see God as first, and honor him accordingly.

Worship leaders, I plead with you, as Piper did: Do not substitute your work for the Lord as your worship unto the Lord.
Let people say of you, “His ministry was the way he lived.” Not, “His life was all about his ministry.”

Grace & Peace,
Jasper