Next Wednesday here on sojournmusic.com we will debut an eight-part weekly video series on Christian worship, congregational singing, trends in music ministry and more. The episodes average ten minutes each, and feature, in a roundtable discussion format:
Dr. Harold Best (musician, author of Unceasing Worship and Music Through The Eyes Of Faith, and former dean of Wheaton College)
Professor Carl “Chip” Stam (Clifton Baptist Church music minister, founder of the Institute For Christian Worship at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, associate professor of Church Music and Worship)
Sojourn Worship & Arts Pastor Mike Cosper (musician, record producer and co-founder of theopensourcebook.org: free prayers, litanies and other readings for churches)
You’ll be able to watch the videos here in the sojournmusic.com blog each Wednesday, or download them for free from our podcast, Sojournmusic.com Radio, available at iTunes and other podcast directories. Remember to come back Wednesday, or better yet, subscribe to our RSS Feed.
SEE EPISODE ONE NOW, AT THIS LINK
Here are just a few of the things Cosper, Stam and Best discuss in this series on worship in today’s church:
- how to encourage congregational participation
- the danger of giving in to the congregation’s desire for heightened emotional experiences
- a critique of the John Wimber (Vineyard) model of worship service planning, and a discussion of the dangers inherent in the philosophy that our corporate worship “ushers” us into the Holy of Holies.
- emotional manipulativeness in music, along with the legitimacy of offering our emotions to God
- “music” as a servant of the Word
- a secret Harold Best has learned for appreciating new styles of music
- the nature of “beauty” and the question of “excellence” in worship leading
- the problem that evangelicals have in admitting the presence of sin after conversion
- the “joyful noise” concept of music in worship
- the practice in many churches of singing to pre-recorded band tracks rather than live music
- and much more
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Yeah! I can’t wait!
Um, this is going to be AMAZING. You are going to get some major linkage from me. Is there any way we can get this series into the hands of EVERY worship leader in America? Or maybe, in the world?
Well, we’re going to try …