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Author: Ben Espinoza

Worship Leaders, Be Catechists!

Worship and Christian education are often kept separate within the church. As some argue, both serve different functions, one for instruction and the other for worship. In reality, however, they are not that different. The worship leader is a kind of catechist whose purpose is to both usher people into the presence of God and instruct them in His truth.

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Book Review: Intergenerational Christian Formation

For many churches across the United States, the move from being a multigenerational church (comprising several generations) to an intergenerational church (several generations interacting with one another) is a pipe dream. For Holly Allen and Christine Ross, this shift is totally possible.

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A Baptist’s Ode to Catechesis

Catechesis has been the church’s continuous ministry of teaching the faith to believers, aiming to instill within them a Christian way of living grounded in Scripture, dripping with theological truth, and spiritually enriching.  As a

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Book Review: Why We Belong

Taste the Evangelical Rainbow Book Review: Why We Belong: Evangelical Unity and Denominational Diversity (Crossway, 2013) Evangelicals unite around an unwavering commitment to the authority of Scripture, the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, the importance of

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Education in the Life of Faith

Traditionally, evangelicals have approached Christian education as transmitting doctrinal truths, hoping that these doctrinal truths will inculcate spiritual transformation. However, Christian education requires more than doctrinal instruction; Christian education requires engagement with the Christian practices

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Worship Leaders, Be Catechists!

Worship and Christian education are often kept separate within the church. We have the Sunday school, where generally a lay person teaches a carefully prepared lesson from the Scriptures, and the sanctuary, where a worship

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