All Tags Resource Type Academic Article Article Audio Bibliography Book Excerpt Book Signing Conversation Enacted Scripture Feature Story Image News Item Online Discussion Podcast Prayer Reflection Resource Guide Slideshow Topic Showcase Video Website Worship Service Category All Christian Year Daily Prayer/Reflection Dance Drama Grants Interdisciplinary Intergenerational Worship Language Arts/Words Music Preaching Sacraments (Baptism and Lord's Supper) Teaching Technology Visual Arts Worshipers Worship- Leading Worship- Meaning of Worship- Planning Worship- Preparing for Occasion All Funerals Symposium Resources War Lessons and Carols Ascension Hymn Festival Advent Weddings Weekday Services Epiphany Natural Disasters Pentecost Teaching Worship Commissionings Thanksgiving Easter Christ the King Christmas Healing Services Anniversaries Taize Ordination/Installation Heidelberg Catechism Summer Passion Week Lent Dedications Search results 21 - 40 of 52 Sort by: Title | Date Esau McCaulley on Reading While Black African American biblical interpretation rises from a particular context. It offers unique perspectives on God’s character and glory. Esau McCaulley explains that learning how other cultures exegete the Bible benefits the whole church. Conversation | February 04, 2020 Pedagogical Insights on Teaching African American Preaching This essay reflects on Frank Thomas' unique journey through the pastorate to become a teacher of preaching, and on the pedagogy he developed along the way. Academic Article | December 11, 2019 Trauma-Informed Worship: Address Trauma to Begin Healing Most pastors realize that people come to church with deep fears, sorrows, and concerns that often remain unexpressed in worship. But because Mount Aery Baptist Church has worked to become a trauma-informed congregation, its worship services are becoming a communal place of healing. Feature Story | November 12, 2019 Anthony L. Bennett on Engaging Trauma in Sermons Many urban pastors deal with trauma. Some preach without benefit of pay or formal training. This Baptist church gathered its associate ministers monthly to learn about trauma and exegete Scripture to engage people hungry for healing and justice. Conversation | October 30, 2019 What Is the Color of Compromise? This presentation is offered through The January Series of Calvin University and features Jemar Tisby, author and president of The Witness: A Black Christian collective, where he writes about race, religion, and culture. Video | October 28, 2019 Sherrye Willis and Angela Johnson on Faith-Based Healing from Trauma Ten African American churches in Texas are focusing on helping youth understand and heal from trauma. This knowledge helps adults become more aware of their own trauma and is changing worship practices. Conversation | October 15, 2019 Many Streams of African American Congregational Song 2019 Cultivating Vital Worship | Session Audio | July 26, 2019 Frank Thomas on the Power of African-American Preaching “How is it that you can take a group of people who are in despair and when you get finished preaching the gospel, they have hope?” This question sent Frank Thomas down a path that led him nearly forty years later to create the first PhD program in African-American preaching. Conversation | April 10, 2019 Grounded in God: A Faith-filled Testimony of the African American Church in Song 2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Vesper Video | Worship Service | February 19, 2019 Birgitta Johnson on New African American Ecumenical Hymnal One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism is a new Protestant hymnal compiled by a core committee of worship arts ministers and scholars. It goes deep and wide into the multiple streams of black Christian music and worship. Conversation | January 07, 2019 Birgitta Johnson on Praise and Worship Music Praise and worship music can lift worshipers’ hearts to God and unite people across culture, religious tradition, and background. But the genre is not meant to be the only kind of music in a congregation’s repertoire. Conversation | January 07, 2019 Emmett G. Price III on Studying Black Christian Experience “If we don’t see each other in the Bible, we get stuck in social perplexities that cause us to not be a good witness,” says Emmett G. Price III. Conversation | September 25, 2018 The Economies of Pentecost: Postcolonial Reflections on Pastoral Care, Healing, and Christian Worship An annotated research guide from the field of practical theology, focusing on pastoral care and the African American experience Resource Guide | February 24, 2017 Music from African-American Traditions for Use in Any Congregation One of the remarkable stories about music that has emerged out of African-American communities is its reception in communities of diverse cultural backgrounds all over the world. Audio | February 15, 2017 Richard Henry Boyd and the National Baptist Hymn Book Richard Henry Boyd was determined to give Jim Crow-era African-Americans their own voice in worship. Calvin College history professor Eric Washington tells the story of how the hymnal he published helped do that. Article | August 24, 2016 “Through It All:” Our Story, Our Song This service features the inspiring prayers, songs, and readings from the African American worship tradition, past and present. Video | March 22, 2016 Charsie Randolph Sawyer on Healthy Gospel Singing Having a good voice isn’t enough to sing gospel music well and lead people into worship. This ministry requires health in body, mind and spirit. Conversation | September 03, 2015 Worship that Blesses the Whole Community with the Whole Gospel Most Christians know that Jesus calls us to love God with all we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Canaan Community Church changed its worship to truly follow the Great Commandment. Feature Story | August 06, 2015 Jonathan Brooks on Ministering with the Community The pastor of a church where love makes the difference explains why they no longer do outreach ministry. Conversation | August 04, 2015 Eric Washington on African American Missionaries Before William Carey founded a mission society, or Adoniram and Ann Judson sailed to Burma, a former African American slave had already become a missionary to Jamaica. Conversation | April 24, 2015 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »