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Feature Story | December 12, 2014 David Bailey on Reconciliation and Worship Response Times A few years ago, East End Fellowship, a multicultural Presbyterian congregation in Richmond, VA, started an urban songwriting internship and a gospel choir to reflect its congregational values of incarnation and reconciliation. Conversation | November 20, 2014 Music Style in a Diverse Church This workshop will explore how we can move beyond the usual church labels by engaging with broader musical traditions to create worship that is both rich in content and diverse in appeal. Audio | February 17, 2014 David Bailey on How Story Unifies Worshipers Musician David M. Bailey is the music director at East End Fellowship, a multicultural Presbyterian congregation in the Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Conversation | November 11, 2013 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 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 Worshiping in a Multicultural Environment A multicultural, multilingual congregation is one that reflects the diversity of God’s kingdom, but also the complexities of life together this side of eternity. Having a way of understanding and interpreting the differences among us makes it possible to anticipate the worship described in the Revelation vision. Audio | Reflection | January 27, 2012 Learning Worship through Book Groups How studying a book or sermons together in a small group knits church members together in worship, fellowship, and discipleship. Feature Story | January 05, 2012 Response to "Inculturation, Worship, and Dispositions for Ministry" This essay is a response to John Witvliet's Afterword in Christian Worship Worldwide: Expanding Horizons, Deepening Practices. Academic Article | March 02, 2011 A Season of "Social Capital" An article on human relationships within society which distinguishes between three different kinds of social capital: bonding, bridging, and linking. Article | December 01, 2009 Embracing the Discomfort of Diversity A reflection on the value of discomfort in experiencing worship outside our familiar cultural context. Article | March 01, 2009 Worship Renewal in a North American Context Bringing Forth Treasures: A Wise, Old Metaphor for Ministry with a Bright Future Audio | Video | January 01, 2009 Building a Healthy and Interdependent Church Community The session presented several practical tools for building a church community that welcomes and embraces diversity in membership. Highlighting examples from churches including members with disabilities, this session offered ideas that allow people to see one another through God's eyes. Audio | January 01, 2009 Better Together: The Call for People with and without Disabilities to Worship, Serve, Learn, and Live Alongside Each Other This presentation addressed practical ways congregations can have a real impact on the lives of people with disabilities and their families living in their community and to make worship more accessible to everyone. Audio | January 01, 2009 Worship Renewal in a Latin American Context A presentation by Gerardo Oberman on worship renewal in a Latin American context. Audio | Video | January 01, 2009 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 | January 01, 2008 Worship as “Letting Go” While studying successful multiethnic Protestant churches in metro Los Angeles, Gerardo Marti experienced tremendous variations in worship. “The churches ranged from highly liturgical and mainline to wildly charismatic and Pentecostal. Feature Story | November 09, 2007 Gerardo Marti on Successful Multicultural Churches Whether you say multicultural, multiracial, or multiethnic, churches want to become more diverse. So many churches want to know: what makes a congregation successfully multiethnic? A feature story exploring successful multicultural churches. Feature Story | November 09, 2007 Culturally Diverse and Holistic Worship Worship throughout scripture and history is culturally diverse, not monolithic, reflecting the diversity of God and his creation. True biblical worship is also holistic, involving the soul, the mind, and the body. This workshop explored the culturally diverse and holistic nature of worship, with reference especially to African American, Caribbean, and Hispanic worship. Audio | January 01, 2007 « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »