As part of a research paper she wrote for her school in Canada, Anneli Loepp Thiessen uncovered some interesting results on the top of women in worship music.  

The results showed that women have actually had less influence on the writing of today's worship songs than they did in the 1980s and 1990s.  

We gathered a group of women together to discuss this in a panel format together with Anneli.  First, Krissy interviews the researcher and then there are questions and commentary from our panel of female songwriters.  

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077 - Boy's Club | Examining the Songwriters of Contemporary Worship Music with Anneli Loepp Thiessen

The Writing Worship Podcast is a resource for Kingdom songwriters everywhere to grow in their worship songwriting craft and hear from trusted voices in the Christian music industry. Hosted by our leadership and featuring teaching from our annual conference and interviews from our online “Writing Club,” we invite you into our community to learn and grow with us. Everyone has a seat at the table.

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Rebekah White Williams joins us on the podcast to talk about the stories behind the writing of the songs MAKE ROOM and REST ON US.  

Learn more about working with Rebekah for songwriter coaching and song critiques.

We are thrilled to welcome professional songwriter Rebekah White Williams (Make Room, Rest On Us) to the WW family as songwriter coach. 

Rebekah White is a Nashville-based songwriter who discovered her passion for music at a young age. As a young woman, she regularly led worship in her church and in 2002 she ventured beyond the church’s walls and landed a job on tour working for the multi-platinum, alt-rock group Green Day.

This experience opened doors for Rebekah and before she knew it, she was working with artists like Justin Timberlake and Fergie. After the arrival of her son in 2012, Rebekah stepped away from her artist career and jumped into songwriting full-time. 

Two of her most beloved songs she’s co-written, “Make Room” and “Rest on Us” have been recorded by multiple worship leaders and movements such as Maverick City Music, Brandon Lake, UpperRoom, Vertical Worship, and more!

Both songs are currently in the Top 50 per CCLI’s active SongSelect charts and collectively account for millions of streams between releases.

Watch this interview on YouTube.

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Rebekah White Williams | Writing Make Room + Rest On Us

Cody Jones has been a member of the Writing Worship Community for the last 2 years.  He was one of our band leaders during the recording of our album.   He's a leader in his own church in Texas.  This is a portion of his message to songwriters during a breakout session of our most recent conference (October 2023).   Take the Songwriter Personality Test
This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing room.  Visit SongwriterPersonalityTest.com 

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Cody Jones | Your Song, Your Sword

We asked our songwriter mentors of the  Worship Songwriter Mentorship program to share what God had put on their hearts for worship songwriters at our most recent Writing Worship Conference.  You'll hear from:

Rachael Thomas - 9:36 
Ryan Hall - 20:13 
Emily Weeks - 30:06 
Stacy Riddle - 43:15 
Matt Crosson - 58:21 Take the Songwriter Personality Test
This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing room.  Visit SongwriterPersonalityTest.com 

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Meet The Mentors | Rachael Thomas, Ryan Hall, Emily Weeks, Stacy Riddle and Matt Crosson

Krissy Nordhoff shares what she's learned over the years about worship songwriting sitting at her piano and singing the psalms - PSALMING.  Taken from a breakout session at Writing Worship Conference 2023. 

You can order your Psalming Journal at Psalming.com Take the Songwriter Personality Test
This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing room.  Visit SongwriterPersonalityTest.com 

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Krissy Nordhoff | Singing The Psalms

It's almost time for our annual Writing Worship Conference.  Nick Morrow, Director of Writing Worship, and Eric Nordhoff, Co-Founder of Writing Worship, talk together with our Writing Club Community online about all of the goodness that we're planning for the Conference.   Take the Songwriter Personality Test
This simple 10-minute test created by our founder, Krissy Nordhoff, will help you know your strengths as a songwriter and it will also help you better identify where you fit in the co-writing room.  Visit SongwriterPersonalityTest.com 

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077 - Boy's Club | Examining the Songwriters of Contemporary Worship Music with Anneli Loepp Thiessen

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