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Why Youth Need to Be Leading Worship Regularly NOW

When congregations empower teenagers to use their gifts in meaningful ways over time, teens are more likely to imagine themselves as faithful disciples and devoted worshipers for decades to come. Two summer programs in worship, theology, and the arts inspire teens and mentors.

Feature Story | February 09, 2017

Josiah Chung: Passing on Faith to New Generations

Many immigrant churches struggle to retain the next generation, especially because of language barriers and cultural differences. Pastor Josiah Chung is finding solutions that apply across cultures to many kinds of churches.

Conversation | January 24, 2017

The Beauty and Value of the Oral Tradition

Storytelling can help us embrace the stories that have shaped our identities

Audio | November 04, 2016

Sandra Van Opstal on Multicultural Preaching

A majority of U.S. Christians born before 1965 are white. However, the fastest growing groups in the U.S. as a whole and in its churches are people of color. Preaching must change to reflect this diversity so that all generations and nations can encounter God through the Word

Conversation | April 08, 2016

Sandra Van Opstal on The Next Worship

While some U.S. politicians play on fears about ethnic minorities, changing demographic trends actually offer churches a huge opportunity to create new forms of worship.

Conversation | April 07, 2016

Jennifer Ackerman on Courageous Conversations among Pastors

The Micah Groups program brings together pastors from diverse denominational, theological and ethnic contexts, all who desire to become empowered wise preachers. They seek justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God. Over time, they build enough trust to have courageous conversations about worship, preaching and justice.

Conversation | February 19, 2016

How Ritual Training Overflows into Expressive Worship

Lay training in both formative and expressive liturgy helps Catholic adults and youth live out their identity in the universal priesthood of all faithful believers. Protestants can learn from this.

Feature Story | February 09, 2016

Dale Sieverding on Cultural Differences in Recruiting Youth

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles launched a summer camp to train young Catholics to lead in local liturgical ministries. They discovered that finding gifted youth requires different approaches in different cultures.

Conversation | February 09, 2016

Sandra Van Opstal on Multicultural Millennials in Worship

You might be surprised to learn what matters in worship to multicultural millennials in this urban Chicago church.

Conversation | December 17, 2015

Maria Eugenia Cornou on the Myth of Hispanic Culture

Maybe you want to welcome Spanish speakers into your church community. If so, then don’t stereotype people who identify as Hispanic or Latino as all belonging to a single monolithic culture.

Conversation | November 03, 2015

Nonverbal Worship Practices that Bridge Differences

Rhythm, liturgical movement and visual art draw on gifts already present in how God made us and what the universal church has already created.

Feature Story | October 09, 2015

Four Essentials for Multicultural Worship

Churches can become more multicultural through traditioned innovation based on prayer, intention, hospitality and discomfort.

Feature Story | October 09, 2015

African American Worship Treasures

Six church musicians and scholars explain why treasures and challenges in African American worship traditions apply to churches in any cultural context.

Feature Story | April 21, 2015

Developing a Multiethnic Accent in Preaching

Congregations are becoming more diverse which increases the need for the church planter, missionary, and preacher to communicate biblical truth in relevant and compelling ways.

Audio | February 25, 2015

Kendra Buckwalter Smith on Authentic Global Worship

Kendra Buckwalter Smith is the worship coordinator at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PTS has chapel four days a week, and Smith meets with every person or team that plans a chapel service.

Conversation | August 29, 2014

Gerardo Marti on Emerging Churches and Religious Individualism

Gerardo Marti, professor of sociology at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, is fascinated by diversity and innovation as aspects of how the world is changing and how that affects churches today.

Conversation | Video | August 08, 2013

Gerardo Marti on Emerging Church Demographics

After writing three books about multicultural worship, Gerardo Marti has applied his research skills to what’s been called the emerging church or emergent Christianity.

Conversation | August 08, 2013

Wise Church: Exploring Faith and Worship with Christians Around the World (Book Excerpt)

Based on the document "Worshiping the Triune God," a collection of proverbs on worship adopted by the World Communion of Reformed Churches, this book and study guide offers a global perspective on how and why we worship.

Book Excerpt | February 18, 2013

Ben Dykhouse on Being Uncomfortable in Multicultural Chapel Worship

Ben Dykhouse talks about unexpected outcomes and being stretched by experiencing new ways to sing and worship in chapel.

Conversation | Video | November 15, 2012

Worship Practices in the Hispanic Culture

We will explore some of the distinctiveness of worship in Hispanic Churches in USA. There will be a discussion of the characteristics of the Latino culture and its implications on the way worship is conducted in these communities.

Audio | Video | January 28, 2012