Jean Ngoya Kidula on African Church Musics
Ethnomusicologist Jean Ngoya Kidula invites churches around the world to learn more about what she calls African church “musics” so they can glimpse how vast God is.
Jean Ngoya Kidula on Ethnomusicology and Ethnodoxology
Scholar Jean Ngoya Kidula explains how ethnomusicology and ethnodoxology can widen churches’ musical palates. Accepting this opportunity will expand how congregations understand and praise God.
Worship and Culture
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
How Music Deepens Participation in the Lord's Supper and Baptisms: Insights from Global Cultures
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
Worship and Christian Community Development
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
Multilingual Singing for English-Speaking Congregations
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
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.
Preaching While White: Practices of Humility and Courage in the Face of Injustice
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
Muslim Immigration, Christian Fear, and the Worship Leader
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
Psalms and Islam: Reimagining Interfaith Friendship in an Islamic Context
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
The Bible in Worship: Deep Engagement with Scripture in a Culture of Low Biblical Literacy
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
10 Ways to Appropriately Respond to Racially-Fueled Events
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop