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“Starting a gospel choir has been huge for spiritual formation,” says David Bailey, music director at East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia. And it all started from a hug.
Musician David M. Bailey is the music director at East End Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia. In this edited conversation, he talks about becoming aware of power dynamics in multicultural congregations and neighborhoods. He lives in Church Hill, a neighborhood hard hit by economic decline.
Praying for the Navajo people is a tricky thing. It is so easy to focus on, and become overwhelmed by, our needs.
Here is the uncomfortable truth about becoming a congregation that loves your neighbors as you love yourselves: You have to go out and meet them.
Punjabi Zubor is an annual Psalm Festival in Karachi, Pakistan.
Eric Sarwar shares specific Psalms that bring comfort, hope, and encouragement to Pakistani Christian.
“Has your baby laughed?” On the Navajo reservation, that’s a common question posed to parents who have infants around the age of three months. The first laugh of a Navajo child is a very significant event.
The Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture presents four central principles of the relationship between worship and culture.
So how do you move worshipers to prayerful oneness of purpose? Here are some suggestions from around the world.
Here are several possible first steps to learn more about ethnodoxology.
An article offering practical tips and exercises for public reading of Scripture.
How do we create an environment for worship that builds genuine community among those with no or perhaps with negative, experiences of “church”?
