Lora Copley on Preparing Families for Sunday Worship
If you have been wanting to start or strengthen your family’s faith formation, perhaps the new coronavirus pandemic offers a novel opportunity.
Shaping Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reviving Wesleyan Discipleship at Grant United Methodist Church, Fairmount, Indiana
Not every church has the capacity to move worship online when pandemic public health directives require social and physical distancing. Pastor Constance Cherry explains how her small rural Methodist congregation is drawing on its Wesleyan heritage to help members worship and disciple each other.
April 6, 2020
|
4 min read
Matthew Watson and Justin Fung on Neighborhood Spiritual Histories
Both church planters and established congregations can explore spiritual histories of their church neighborhoods. This helps them better communicate the gospel in the places where God calls them to serve.
April 3, 2020
|
9 min read
Mark L. MacDonald on Gospel-Based Discipleship and Indigenous Christians
Archbishop Mark L. MacDonald speaks and writes about gospel inculturation in Indigenous ministries, especially among First Nations Anglicans in Canada. Churches everywhere can learn from the Indigenous Gospel-Based Discipleship model for worship, governance, and community life.
March 24, 2020
|
5 min read
Indigenous Christian Worship Resources: Where to Start
Many congregations are beginning to realize that they live, work, and worship on land taken from Indigenous people. Learning about First Nations and Native American Christians can help worshipers from other cultures see the gospel with new eyes.
March 19, 2020
|
11 min read
Come, Sculptor Spirit!: Inviting the Holy Spirit to Shape Christ in Us through Word, Image, and Song
2020 Symposium on Worship | Plenary Address
February 18, 2020
|
55 min video
Loving Our Muslim Neighbor: An Interview
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
February 12, 2020
|
56 min listen
Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
February 11, 2020
|
59 min listen
The Gospel, Christ, Spiritual Disciplines, and Personal Transformation: Examing Dallas Willard's Account in Light of the Biblical Vision of Salvation
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
February 9, 2020
|
63 min listen
Liturgy as the Church's Primary Teaching Tool?!
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Workshop
February 7, 2020
|
61 min listen
Janice McLean-Farrell on a Pastoral Approach to Research
Congregations often want to get information from members and neighbors. They can learn how to do so pastorally by considering how scholars do academic research using human subjects. Scholars follow ethical standards to gain data while doing no harm.
January 8, 2020
|
8 min read
Georie Bryant and Reynolds Chapman on Prayer Walks
Sometimes Christians worry that praying in public will be embarrassing or offensive. Four congregations in Durham, North Carolina, organized a prayer walk that connected with neighbors.
November 26, 2019
|
6 min read
