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El culto es pedagogía divina para nuestra identidad, vocación, visión y misión

Con este artículo iniciamos una serie de reflexiones sobre el culto de adoración en el Antiguo Testamento. Usaremos la imagen de un diálogo para describir el complejo mundo cultual de los patriarcas y luego su institucionalización en los días de Moisés.

December 18, 2023 | 14 min read
Karin Maag on Prayer in the Reformation Era

Learning from prayer practices of the Reformation era can help congregations and families today deepen their faith, piety, and responses to current events.

December 18, 2023 | 4 min read
Grants Will Fund Projects to Revitalize Worship and Preaching

The newest wave of Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants will fund 54 projects across the United States and Canada starting Jan. 1, 2024.

December 15, 2023 | 3 min read

Anneli Loepp Thiessen on Collaborative Songwriting and Copyright

Anabaptist Worship Network used a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship to host a songwriting retreat. A diverse group of Anabaptist songwriters gathered for three days to collaboratively write songs, raising questions around copyright justice and remuneration.

November 28, 2023 | 11 min read
Anneli Loepp Thiessen on Creating Non-Hymnal Songs

Even when denominations try their best to compile culturally sensitive hymnals, not every congregation can or should use that hymnal. That’s why Anabaptist Worship Network works to include more people and cultures in creating new songs for use in worship.

November 28, 2023 | 9 min read

La Culminación de un Programa Exitoso con Congregaciones Hispanas

En un ambiente de confianza, respeto, y celebración, culminó el Programa de Becas para Congregaciones Hispanas que organizó el Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW) en la ciudad de Orlando, Florida.

October 17, 2023 | 13 min read

Preaching Conversations that Connect Pulpit and Pew

Whether churches call it a message, teaching, homily, or sermon, there’s often a big gap between what preachers think they are saying and what listeners hear. Preaching can become more effective when ministers, priests, deacons, and laypeople learn how to talk together. This two-way preaching conversation requires a cultural shift.

October 5, 2023 | 11 min read
Karla J. Bellinger on Lay Contributions to Compelling Preaching

Have you ever gone home from worship disappointed that the preacher or Sunday homily didn’t seem very effective? Recent research reveals that listeners can help preachers help their peers grow closer to God.

October 5, 2023 | 11 min read
Comunidad Emergente Aprende a Través de la Adoración Creativa

La Iglesia Comunidad Cristiana Nuevo Pacto CBF (Compañerismo Bautista Cooperativo), es una comunidad emergente que inició de sus actividades en abril del 2020, justo cuando el mundo entero detuvo sus actividades por la pandemia de COVID-19.

September 15, 2023 | 15 min read