Harold Best, Chip Stam and Mike Cosper Interview, pt 1: Thoughts On Congregational Church Music

Mike Cosper, Harold Best, Chip Stam - Worship Discussion 1 from Sojourn/The 930 Art Center on Vimeo.Dr. Harold Best (former dean of Wheaton College, and author of Unceasing Worship and Music Through The Eyes Of Faith) and professor Carl “Chip” Stam (director of the Institute For Christian Worship at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) recently came to the Sojourn Music studio to sit for a series of eight short “round table” discussions with our Worship & Arts Pastor, Mike Cosper.

In this first discussion, they talk about congregational singing.Â You’ll see Best, Stam and Cosper discussing:

The power of music to either complement or distract from the song lyrics
Preferences in musical style and instrumentation
The idea of “traditionalism” as opposed to tradition
trends in modern worship/music ministry

and more.

You can watch it in the video player above or download it for free from our podcast, Sojournmusic.com Radio, available through iTunes and other podcast directories.

Over the next eight Wednesday’s, we’ll publish the other interview segments (averaging around ten minutes each) in this series on worship and music for the church, from Dr. Harold Best, Professor Chip Stam and Pastor Mike Cosper.Â Next week’s installment features a critique of the John Wimber (Vineyard) theory of worship planning, the dangers in thinking that our worship is what “ushers us into the Holy of Holies,” the place for emotions in our corporate worship, and more.

filmed at Sojourn Music recording studio, Tuesday, 10/14/2008

Buy Dr. Harold Best’s Unceasing Worship

Visit Pastor Mike’s theopensourcebook.org for lots of free congregational readings and worship resources.

Visit Professor Stam’s InstituteÂ For ChristianÂ Worship and visit his Worship Quote of the Week site (wqotw.org)

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Wes Crawford March 4, 2009 at 9:08 am: Hey guys, this is phenomenal. I’m going to have my worship leaders listen to it. Thanks for posting it.
Dave Weir March 4, 2009 at 9:35 am: This is great. Can’t wait to hear the rest of it.
Bobby Gilles March 4, 2009 at 11:42 am: You’re welcome, Wes and Dave. It’s a really good series. Next week’s episode is one of my favorites.
Laura March 4, 2009 at 4:23 pm: That’s right, Gilles, always leave ‘em wanting more.

Seriously, though, this is GREAT. GREAT.
Jamie Barnes March 4, 2009 at 6:23 pm: these three are like the “rat pack” of worship. I was gonna say the “three amigos” of worship…but i’m torn as to who would be the Dusty Bottoms of the group. Probably Mike.
Ryan Harvey March 10, 2009 at 1:45 pm: Very good! I needed to hear this. Look forward to the rest of the series.
John Jackson March 13, 2009 at 5:07 am: Important thoughts on a hot button subject. Thanks for exposing again the idolatry of preference.