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Coop's Column - Jesus Yes-Church Yes!

In the Western hemisphere, especially in Europe and considerable sections of North America, vigorous contempt toward and sleepy disregard of the Christian church are widespread and increasing at an ever-accelerating rate.

Reflection Reflection | August 23, 2010

The Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults

This workshop focused on understanding the latest social scientific research on the religious beliefs and practices of young people as they transition to adulthood.

Audio Audio | March 23, 2010

Worshiping the Trinity in Exile: The Prophetic Church with a Post-Era Mission

In a post-postmodern, high-tech, super-hyped, and anti-institutional world, how should we be Church and how should we be the Church at worship and in mission? How will our means match the ends so that worship is faithful to the Jesus of the cross?

Audio Audio | March 23, 2010

Matthew's Sermon on the Mount

This study of Matthew 5-7 investigated the main teachings of the whole sermon and their relation to us, the Church, and the world.

Audio Audio | March 23, 2010

Overcoming Challenges to Racial and Ethnic Diversity

By looking at successfully diverse churches across the nation, this session revealed critical attitudes for cultivating a hospitable church, perspectives on recent immigration and the neighborhood church, and experiments on musical variety and global awareness.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Creating a Child-Friendly Culture in Your Church

To help children grow in faith we want our churches to be places where they are nurtured and where they feel that they have a place. We will look at things that churches can do to become more child friendly and encourage faith-nurturing adult-child relationships.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Symposium 2008 - Blended Worship: Good for the Body

The best argument for blended worship is that the body of Christ by definition is itself blended - therefore our services should reflect that reality.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

The Cultural Context of American Worship

In this presentation, religion journalist Richard Ostling analyzed trends in American faith and culture that worship leaders, pastors and ordinary worshipers need to be aware of.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

The Long Prayer: Offering Prayers in Public Worship

Whether pre-written, extemporaneous, or a combination, the prayer offered in worship on Sunday morning is probably the longest single prayer most people hear all week. As pastors and worship leaders, our public prayers reveal much about our habits of mind even as those prayers have a shaping influence on how the congregation prays all week. This workshop looked at the place of prayer in public worship and will offer practical suggestions for offering prayers that are theologically imaginative and pastorally sensitive.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Planning Worship for the Global Village

21st-century worship planners are faced with unique exciting challenges as the church answers the Spirit's call to be a place where all nations and cultures are invited to join in praise.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

How Race Works in Multiracial Churches

This workshop was given for those who want a deeper understanding of racial dynamics in today?s churches. Stories and examples from real congregations showed how race within churches is becoming complicated?and creatively reconstructed?through the post-1965 waves of immigration. Most important, we show how various good-intentioned priorities and programs work --and often don?t work-- in racially diverse churches.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Whose Art? Which Church?

Those who work at the intersection of the visual arts and congregational life know from experience how rich, complex, rewarding, and often messy this area can be.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Intergenerational Worship: Is It Reasonable? Is It Possible?

In this presentation, several contributors to the recent book The Church of All Ages: Generations Worshiping Together explored the issues involved, highlighted some of the findings, and stimulated further reflection.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2008

Working with Your Local Media

The relationship between churches and the news media is too often one of mutual indifference or mistrust. This session explores practical ways of connecting with local reporters and maintaining healthy and beneficial relationships with the media.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2007

Worship When Steeples Cry

In this workshop, participants were led to discover the form of Biblical lament and how lament can be used in worship to facilitate the revitalization of a Gospel community experiencing loss and change. The workshop was based on the presenter's book, When Steeples Cry: Leading Congregations through Loss and Change.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2007

How Prison Ministry Is Transforming the Church and Its Worship

The church is engaging in ministry to prisoners as never before. It has become evident that prison ministry is having a profound impact upon the life of the church and that the principles of Restorative Justice are not only for offenders and victims, but for anyone to live all of life as worship.

Audio Audio | January 01, 2007

Steve Fridsma on the Church as a Third Place

Architects Steve Fridsma and James Vander Molen often speak at conferences such as the annual Worship Facilities Conference and Expo. But whether their topic is architecture for the emerging church or how to reuse commercial buildings as churches, Fridsma says they usually touch on a favorite subject, developing community in worship.

Article Article | October 27, 2006