A few months ago I wrote an article about the rise of choral singing in America from a study from Chorus America. If you missed that blog post, check it out here: Church Choirs Shouldn’t be Declining Because of Lack of Interest. Last week, I… Continue Reading “The Decline of Church Choirs and Lack of Unity”
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The other day I was rereading an article written by Michael Hawn “Singing Across the Generations: is there Hope?”1 and I came across this statement on page 20, “congregations that are virtually all African American or Latino most often worship together as multigenerational families.” He… Continue Reading “Minority-Dominate Congregations are More Likely to be Intergenerational.”
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Posted on April 18, 2018
by Dr. Will Whittaker
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This past weekend, I, along with some of my music team from Ivy Creek, led the music for the large group corporate worship times at the Georgia Baptist Women’s Ministry Spring Event at Stone Mountain. We had a blast meeting new and old friends… Continue Reading “The Noise is Deafening and It’s Not My Fault!”
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“Intergenerational Worship” is worship in which people of every age are understood to be equally important.
