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Worship that Renews the Me and Transforms the Us

Jonathan Bradford and James and Rose Dekker

Calvin Symposium on Worship 2009

Christians are to be hearers and doers of the word. We pursue meaningful worship, meanwhile the business of worship is often measured by the number of coffee bars and size of parking lots.  But what about urban schools graduating illiterate teenagers? Or prisons bursting at their seams? Or untold millions dying from war, hunger, or disease? Worship must heal these wounds. Drawing from their diverse ministry experience Jim and Rose Dekker (in Latin American ecumenical and spiritual direction) and Jonathan Bradford (in a U.S. urban context) explored the biblical concepts of knowing Christ the servant and serving Christ the Sovereign Lord. All of life must really be worship.

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Topics: communities, culture, faith formation, James and Rose Dekker, justice, leadership, society, suffering, witness, world, youth