Women worship leaders: depends on whether the role becomes pastoral

Mike's own experience: early worship leading was just facilitating music; later it became pastoral — exhorting, instructing, teaching theology mid-song. The question is: are you leading worship in a way that is pastoral in function? A woman on stage playing piano, singing vocals, or leading songs ('let's do that chorus again') is not a problem. It becomes an issue when it merges into a pastoral role with teaching and exhortation. Answer: yes, as long as you're not becoming pastoral on stage.