Tag: congregations
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Familiarity is the Key to Selecting Songs for Worship
About a year ago, I had a conversation with a church member who, among other things, wanted to know how and why I chose the songs for worship here at our church. I asked more specific questions such as: what are some of your favorite songs for congregational singing and why? Do you like newer […]
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Minority-Dominate Congregations are More Likely to be Intergenerational.
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 goes on to say that Anglo-dominated, middle-class congregations from 200-400 in […]
Dr. Will Whittaker 