Articles for tag: Authentic Worship

March 1, 2022

Authentic Worship in the Modern Era

By Corbin Marshall I stand on a stage professionally illuminated by theatrical lighting. Several expertly trained camera operators aim high-definition cameras in my direction. My likeness and voice are amplified throughout a large auditorium as well as broadcast across multiple online platforms. I’m holding a guitar. A wireless in-ear pack is fastened to my belt and I’m wearing headphones. A click track provides a constant tempo to our band. At any point, a producer can discretely inform me whether our teaching pastor has made it back from our other church campus. I chose this set list of songs several weeks

January 22, 2015

Christian Standard

Church Leadership

What I Learned When I Asked about Healthy Churches

By Brad Walden A longtime friend reportedÂ on the latest developments inÂ the church where he hadÂ invested years of service. He seemed excited, but also concerned about the changes. So I asked, “Do you think your church is healthy?” He answered, “Oh, yes. We are healthy. We have the largest bank balance in our history.” So that”s it? A healthy church has a healthy cash reserve?Â That got me to thinking. How would I define a healthy church? Is your church healthy? Can you invite new neighbors to attend your church with total confidence they will find a healthy environment? Will involvement

January 10, 2008

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Youth & Children's Ministry

The Lost Generation

By Chuck Booher Fifteen years ago I visited one of the largest churches in the country. I was in awe of its high school ministry: 2,000 high school students passionately worshiping Christ. However, when I recently visited this same church I was disheartened to discover its high school ministry had dropped to 500 students. The church has doubled in size, and yet its youth ministry is dwindling. The reason definitely isn”t a lack of students in the area. In fact, the city recently opened two new high schools, and its junior college is brimming with college students. Ironically, as I

January 7, 2007

Christian Standard

Apologetics & Worldview

Embracing the Possibilities in Postmodernism

By Mark A. Taylor Frankly, I’d have been happier not to know so much about postmodernism. A year or so ago, I chose to reprint in CHRISTIAN STANDARD an article by Chuck Colson proclaiming the death of postmodernism. With a sigh of relief, I assured myself Colson must be right: postmodernism was passing; soon everything would return to “normal,” and we could get back to life and church the way we’d always known them. But then I read Dan Kimball’s book, The Emerging Church , and Stuart Burke’s, Making Sense of Church , and I began to believe otherwise. As