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So many books on worship are worth reading. And each year brings new worship books and worship resources. Mark Torgerson’s up-to-date bibliography is an annotated listing of the best worship resources.
Nine church leaders and scholars recall and predict hot topics in worship, discipleship and discernment from 1995 to 2025.
Sometimes it’s awkward for Christians of different cultures to talk together about God’s presence in slavery. Eric Washington provides a way forward.
Before William Carey founded a mission society, or Adoniram and Ann Judson sailed to Burma, a former African American slave had already become a missionary to Jamaica.
Six church musicians and scholars explain why treasures and challenges in African American worship traditions apply to churches in any cultural context.
Face it. There are still far more male pastors than female pastors. That is why young female pastors support each other in The Young Clergy Women Project.
Catholic and Orthodox Christians consider Epiphanius of Cyprus a saint because he was pious and opposed heresy. Protestants can learn from him as well.
Really? In the face of so much global need, the arts are a necessity?
You probably gather for worship with both lifelong worshipers and those new to the Bible. Jerry Sittser mines the history of Christian spirituality for nuggets that give life to all levels of worshipers.
Jesus calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves. What does that mean for conversations about injustices, including racism, both in the U.S. and around the world. Steve Prince creates visual art that can help us start talking.
Visual artists can help us start talking about major life issues that we don’t often acknowledge in worship.
A few years ago, East End Fellowship, a multicultural Presbyterian congregation in Richmond, VA, started an urban songwriting internship and a gospel choir to reflect its congregational values of incarnation and reconciliation.
