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So many worship conversations go awry because people and congregations don’t know how to talk about what they do or value in worship. Both Christian and non-Christian scholars can help.
Linda Witte Henke describes seven easy ideas for participatory worship with crosses.
Linda Witte Henke describes seven ways for artists and teams to work together in designing visual arts used in worship.
Suggestions from a pastor and worship leader for percussion instruments for worship, for use by adults and children.
The Practice, a Sunday evening service at Willow Creek Community Church, is finding that weekly confession, communion and silence help Christians live faithfully in an interfaith world.
Churches can become more multicultural through traditioned innovation based on prayer, intention, hospitality and discomfort.
Churches are constantly navigating the copyright maze when they use music, other print resources, and videos. Each medium has slightly different laws regulating it.
Baptists living in what is now Belarus have experienced war, shifting borders, persecution and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Their history gives them a unique perspective on what it means to follow Christ and suffer for him.
In worship we can speak to God about our work, pray that our daily work may be pleasing to God, and respond to God's continual call to live lives worthy of the calling. The following are songs, hymns, prayers, readings, and more that give voice to the living out of faith that we call our work or our vocation.
Most Christians know that Jesus calls us to love God with all we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Canaan Community Church changed its worship to truly follow the Great Commandment.
The pastor of a church where love makes the difference explains why they no longer do outreach ministry.
Universal design and Vertical Habits help create church worship that touches all our senses and is accessible to all worshipers.
