Cultural Diversity

A Laughing Party

“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.

May 4, 2012

Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture

The Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture presents four central principles of the relationship between worship and culture.

February 22, 2012

Worship Ideas From Around the World

So how do you move worshipers to prayerful oneness of purpose? Here are some suggestions from around the world.

February 14, 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.

January 28, 2012
Rethinking Christian Community and Worship in a Global and Post Modern Context

How do we create an environment for worship that builds genuine community among those with no or perhaps with negative, experiences of “church”?

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.

January 27, 2012
The Strange Silence of Songs of Justice in Contemporary Biblical Worship

The word justice is never far hidden in the vocabulary of the psalmists. Over half the psalms specifically use the word. But in worship today, particularly in the Western church, the word is suspect and politicised.

January 27, 2012