Explorations in Worship and Culture
Session Description
All pastoral leaders, including worship leaders, are called to make decisions with discernment about culture. We are called to “not conform to this world” (Rom. 12) and yet to “be all things to all people” for the sake of the gospel (1 Cor. 9:22). At its best, Christian worship is richly contextual. It is also countercultural. To make discerned choices about how worship relates to culture, we need the wisdom of believers from many different cultural contexts to teach and to guide us, to keep us from rejecting what should not be rejected and embracing what should not be embraced.
Conference Title
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-31-2020
Event Type
Panel/Conversation
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Worship
Keywords:
culture, contextual worship
Upload Date
31-1-2020 12:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Witvliet, John; Bear, Cheryl; and Kassab, Najla, "Explorations in Worship and Culture" (2020). Symposium on Worship Archive. 92.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2020/allitems/92
Explorations in Worship and Culture
All pastoral leaders, including worship leaders, are called to make decisions with discernment about culture. We are called to “not conform to this world” (Rom. 12) and yet to “be all things to all people” for the sake of the gospel (1 Cor. 9:22). At its best, Christian worship is richly contextual. It is also countercultural. To make discerned choices about how worship relates to culture, we need the wisdom of believers from many different cultural contexts to teach and to guide us, to keep us from rejecting what should not be rejected and embracing what should not be embraced.