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Over half the psalms specifically use the word. But in worship today, particularly in the Western church, the word is suspect and politicised. Audio | January 27, 2012 Why Study Worship Worldwide? The topic of the book Christian Worship Worldwide is endlessly interesting, profoundly instructive, and unmanageably large. The scope is nothing short of the worship practices of the world's two billion Christians. Article | March 02, 2011 Weaving Mission Partnerships into Church Life This article presents nine tips for weaving mission partnership into church life. Feature Story | January 10, 2011 How Mission Partnerships Can Deepen Worship Maybe your church always has many people plan and lead worship. But that World Communion Sunday service was special for Faith Presbyterian Church in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. It showed how their long partnership with a Presbyterian parish in Kenya is opening people to rethink stewardship, lead in worship, and share faith stories. Feature Story | January 10, 2011 Background of the Worshiping The Triune God statement An overview and introduction of 'Worshiping the Triune God,' a statement of faith and wisdom on worship and spirituality produced by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Article | January 07, 2011 Singing the Psalms Against a Backdrop of Persecution: A View from Pakistan Find out how the psalms bring hope to suffering Christians in Pakistan and how the psalms can challenge theologians, poets, and musicians around the world to strengthen faith, ministry, and worship. Audio | March 23, 2010 Another World Is Possible: Witness in Argentina Bringing daily joys and struggles into worship helped renew worship for Gerardo Oberman and others in Reformed Churches in Argentina. Feature Story | March 03, 2009 Ethnic and religious demographics Many Latin American countries, such as Bolivia and Peru, have large indigenous populations. Argentina has few indigenous people left. The vast majority of people in Argentina trace their family ancestry to Europe, especially Spain and Italy. Feature Story | March 03, 2009 Ethnodoxology: Calling all peoples to worship in their heart language The new field of ethnodoxology affirms that there's no single best way to worship. A feature story about how God has gifted each culture with heart language and heart music rooted in a particular place, ethnicity, or experience. Feature Story | February 10, 2009 Why Read Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) on Worship? Abraham Kuyper's accomplishments were many and he had a stellar career. He served as pastor, theologian, founder of the Free University in Amsterdam, chief organizer of a Calvinist political party, prime minister of the Netherlands. He is, however, less well-known for another major contribution-his writings on worship and liturgy which are still relevant for the church today and now appear in an English translation as Our Worship. Audio | January 01, 2009 Beauty Will Save the World: Jonathan Edwards and Abraham Kuyper on Glory and Beauty Should Christian worship explicitly call our attention to and direct us toward the world and its need, to social action? Or does such worship in fact turn us away from the triune God, the proper focus of our worship? This workshop will explore some ways Abraham Kuyper and Jonathan Edwards?both theologians of beauty and glory, and both very socially engaged?might point us in the right direction. Audio | January 01, 2008 Planning Worship for the Global Village 21st-century worship planners are faced with unique exciting challenges as the church answers the Spirit's call to be a place where all nations and cultures are invited to join in praise. Audio | January 01, 2008 Overcoming Challenges to Racial and Ethnic Diversity By looking at successfully diverse churches across the nation, this session revealed critical attitudes for cultivating a hospitable church, perspectives on recent immigration and the neighborhood church, and experiments on musical variety and global awareness. Audio | January 01, 2008 'When Were You Robbed?' In Search of Worship that is Reformed and Always Emerging This workshop reflected on the rise of Alternative Worship in the United Kingdom over almost two decades, which has led at different times to both sublime and ridiculous innovations in worship practice. Audio | January 01, 2007 Laotian Refugees Start and Join Churches Laotian refugees and the Christians who befriended them are surprised at how God has joined together people and churches from different languages, religious assumptions, and life experiences. A feature story exploring the stories of Laotian refugees who have started and joined churches. Feature Story | November 10, 2006 Ministry Models: How Churches Host and Partner with Refugees and Immigrants Ethnic diversity is all around us in North America, and congregations can deepen their faith and grow their numbers by getting to know refugees and immigrants. Feature Story | November 10, 2006 Global Perspectives on Worship In this Symposium session, we explore cultural and liturgical issues our brothers and sisters are addressing, especially in Africa and Asia - for example, intergenerational and multicultural worship; use of indigenous songs, instruments, and dance; use of technology; challenges of religious pluralism. We explore how God is building his church in ways that move us all closer to the unity we have in Christ even as we celebrate the gifts of cultural diversity. Audio | January 01, 2006 Presbyterians in India struggle to balance indigenous and received culture Whether they are drama leaders in a North American mega church or Catholic priests in a Mexican village, Christians everywhere wrestle with how much of culture to appropriate in worship. They debate the difference between yielding to syncretism and following Paul’s desire “to become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some” Feature Story | December 09, 2005 Praying for Christians in Egypt (and elsewhere) It was just a simple email between friends--but now a Canadian congregation prays for Christians in Egypt. Your church can just as easily make congregational prayers more global. A feature story exploring the inclusion of Global concerns in our congregational prayers. Feature Story | December 09, 2005 Love Globally, Worship Locally: How to do church as members of one body As those who led worship at the Reformed Ecumenical Council Assembly learned, global worship involves a lot more than tossing in a song from another country or culture. A feature story exploring Global Worship. Feature Story | September 16, 2005 « Previous 1 2 3 Next »