Churches Face a Shortage of Worship Leaders

When Anna Dunsbergen enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) as a freshman, she planned to become a teacher, not a worship leader. In high school, she had sung in both school and church choirs, and had some basic guitar skills, but didn’t aspire to serve as a church mus
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