Worship School
Seminaries have trained pastors for generations. Mission agencies prepare missionaries to go across cultures. Bible colleges equip youth pastors with tools for effective student ministry. Incredibly, most worship leaders have never been trained in these ways.
NEXT WORSHIP SCHOOL TRACK BEGINS may 5-9, 2025
We Can Help
Many leaders – even ones with years of experience – still feel insufficiently prepared for what they’re facing in their leadership and real-life contexts.
Unsurprisingly, they burn out, give up, or stagnate in discouragement. We’ve received scores of such anointed men and women who are selflessly leading their communities and churches towards faithfully worshiping and following Jesus for the sake of the world–but have had little, if any, actual training, purposeful coaching, or spiritual mentoring. It’s good to have teachers to get information, but who is building and transforming you? Who is investing in you and walking with you?
At 10KFAM, we love to come alongside Worship Leaders and provide space for deep community and belonging with others who know exactly the kinds of challenges you’re facing in life and ministry. Whether you’re a volunteer in your worship ministry, hoping to become a full time Worship Leader, or have been on staff at a church for decades, we want to see you flourish in your calling and learn to invest in those around you so they can do the same. And thanks to our incredible team and coaches, we have a long track record of doing it well. Just ask any of our nearly 500 alumni around the world who lead worship for ~250,000 people each week!
10KFAM Worship School in Colorado Springs is uniquely positioned to journey with worship leaders for a highly intentional season of deep relationship, coaching, accountability, and growth. What we repeatedly hear from our alumni is that even beyond the 18-months of purposeful investment, practical instruction, and profound life change, they walked away with a community they never expected.
The icing on the cake? Our program counts as Master’s level credit with Northern Seminary. When students graduate from 10KFAM, they have completed 1/3 of a Master of Arts in Worship degree!
Hear from our Pastors and alumni
How It Works
The Worship School is designed to be completed in three, six-month Tracks. Each Track begins with an onsite Intensive and is followed by six months of once-a-week online coaching that happens in Huddles. During the onsite Intensives, we spend five days together in an immersive experience where we focus on what we’ll be working through for the next six months via the online Huddle. We have designed our Intensives to give you great teaching, great community and great food. Hospitality is an essential aspect of life and living out worship. So, we invite you into our homes and our hearts for this journey. We begin each Intensive by having dinner on the first day, and we finish before lunch on the last.
We do offer a fully online version of Worship School! For more information on that, scroll to the bottom of this page.
Note: No relocation is necessary for the Worship School, and the workload is designed to be realistic for someone with a full time job and family commitments. We do currently have a minimum age requirement of 20 years old in order to apply for Worship School.
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Track 1 focuses primarily on character, Track 2 on competence, and Track 3 brings it all together by giving practical discipleship training so students are fully equipped to begin building culture by discipling leaders in their own context. Tuition for each Track is $3,000. This includes lodging, meals, and activities at the Intensive as well as the six months of weekly online Huddles that follow once students return home.
Classes range in size, with as few as 8, and as many as 20 people. Your coaching Huddle will be approximately 5-9 people. We intentionally keep classes small so that each student gets as much time as possible with our team.
Kick-off
May 5-9, 2025
Our Intensives are held approximately every 6 months – once in the spring, once in the fall. Tracks 1, 2, and 3 are all held during the same week so students have the opportunity to interact with those in other Tracks between sessions and at meals.
Tuition
$3,000/Track
Tuition incudes ALL housing, meals, and transportation during the Intensive, as well as the 6 months of Coaching! Many churches are willing to help or fully fund their worship leader’s tuition. Interest free payment plans are also available. Student is responsible for their own flight cost if necessary.
Location
Colorado Springs, CO
The Intensive weeks are held onsite in Colorado Springs, CO and followed by six months of weekly coaching in online Huddles once students return home.
Our commitment to the well-rounded training and education of Worship Pastors in particular has led to the formation of a unique partnership with Northern Seminary. Students’ time at 10,000 Fathers & Mothers Worship School counts towards Master’s degree credits at Northern. Visit our Degree Programs page for more information.
Travel & Accommodations: Students are responsible for travel to and from the Intensive. We will provide local ground transportation, accommodations, and meals throughout the Intensive week.
Note: We can no longer accept applications from students under the age of 20.
Learn more about our online option