Posted on August 22, 2019 by Dr. Will Whittaker
If music preferences were eliminated, there would be no need for separate types of worship services.
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Posted on August 19, 2019 by Dr. Will Whittaker
I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. – John 13:34-35 Carry one another’s burdens;… Continue Reading “The Importance of Care”
Posted on November 12, 2018 by Dr. Will Whittaker
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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“Intergenerational Worship” is worship in which people of every age are understood to be equally important.
Howard Vanderwell