A friend is on a search committee seeking a full-time worship leader. So far they have sifted through more than 100 names. Picky? Yeah, but the committee has to satisfy five culturally defined generations that now populate most churches. Each has its own taste in worship, and each thinks the other four are a bit off-the-wall. So the search is difficult.
Dan Wakefield, a writer who moved to New York in the 1950s, was originally from Indiana. When he arrived in New York, he completely overturned his Baptist roots and became a bohemian. In one of his books, he describes how he wanted nothing to do with the values of middle America. He completely rid himself of religion.
Now, however, he's near 60 years old, ostensibly needing spiritual meaning, and attends ...
In each Sunday morning congregation sit many for whom Jesus is not yet Lord. Whatever their reasons for attending, they have come more to observe than worship. Their presence presents worship leaders with a challenge: How can we involve non-Christians in a service in which the main act is the worship of Christ?
Here are some things we try to do during each service to make the non-Christian feel a part ...
The use of drama in worship services used to be relatively rare. When it was used, drama was usually limited to a children's Christmas pageant or disciples in bathrobes and sandals appearing at the Easter sunrise service.
That was then. This is now.
Today, dramatic presentations in Sunday morning worship services are becoming as common as praise choruses or keyboards. Crossing geographical and doctrinal ...
I love artists. I always have. I cannot imagine a world without the beauty, perspective, and sheer joy artists bring. I use the term artists for those who create videos, design the stage, dance, write, sing, paint, play an instrument, mix the sound, and contribute overall ideas. They're all artists.
Those who provide leadership to arts ministries have two primary goals: to lead artists in creating ...
ARTICLE A Structure Runs Through It Both free-flowing praise and traditional hymns can be included in an extended time of worship. Barry Liesch
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Some musicians, not to mention some longtime church members, find the move to worship choruses in today's churches threatening.
Organists, for example, can have difficulty getting the proper feel for choruses with a pipe organ, and they fear they will eventually find themselves on the periphery of the music ministry.
Others, raised on traditional hymns, find choruses repetitive and boring, the free-flowing ...
The Case "I don't believe in God," the man tells you straight out. "But tell me why you believe." So you start in, not realizing you are about to learn a hard lesson in what evangelism means for a new millennium.
Your description about how you came to belief in the saving power of Jesus Christ is cut short. "I've heard all that before," your friend says. Then he begins telling you about someone he ...
ARTICLE Trends & Culture Take an honest look at the society in which most churches today are functioning and learn how to minister in that context. from BuildingChurchLeaders.com
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