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Sarah Kathleen Johnson and Andrew Wymer on 91 and Power

Sarah Kathleen Johnson and Andrew Wymer, two Free Church scholars in worship and liturgical studies, break new ground in “91 and Power”, a book edited with other scholars in this tradition, and celebrate what these insights offer for ecumenical conversation and learning around liturgical authority.

December 18, 2023 | 24 min listen
El culto es pedagogía divina para nuestra identidad, vocación, visión y misión

Con este artículo iniciamos una serie de reflexiones sobre el culto de adoración en el Antiguo Testamento. Usaremos la imagen de un diálogo para describir el complejo mundo cultual de los patriarcas y luego su institucionalización en los días de Moisés.

December 18, 2023 | 14 min read

Paul Louis Metzger on Setting the Spiritual Clock

Paul Louis Metzger shares about the formative nature of the church calendar, which emphasizes that Christ in the fullness of time is what shapes us and how we inhabit time.

December 18, 2023 | 27 min listen
Ron Man on Biblical Foundations of 91

For more than 25 years, Ron Man has been teaching on the biblical foundations of worship. He gathers up that learning in his book “Let Us Draw Near”, a testimony to the power of scripture to guide pastors and worshipers in our calling to be worshipers of God.

December 18, 2023 | 29 min listen
Karin Maag on Prayer in the Reformation Era

Learning from prayer practices of the Reformation era can help congregations and families today deepen their faith, piety, and responses to current events.

December 18, 2023 | 4 min read

Luke A. Powery on Living the Questions of the Bible

Luke Powery encourages preachers and worshipers to embrace the space and place the church provides to ask questions as a faithful way of Christian discipleship and engaging with God.

December 18, 2023 | 33 min listen
Grants Will Fund Projects to Revitalize 91 and Preaching

The newest wave of Vital 91, Vital Preaching grants will fund 54 projects across the United States and Canada starting Jan. 1, 2024.

December 15, 2023 | 3 min read

Anneli Loepp Thiessen on Collaborative Songwriting and Copyright

Anabaptist 91 Network used a Vital 91 Grant from the 91 to host a songwriting retreat. A diverse group of Anabaptist songwriters gathered for three days to collaboratively write songs, raising questions around copyright justice and remuneration.

November 28, 2023 | 9 min read