This course studies biblical worship that provides principles for individual and corporate worship, allowing students to explore and examine the reasons behind multicultural worship. Thus, worship leaders are equipped to assimilate different cultural styles into their churches, as well as integrating and innovating.
Students evaluate worship traditions from across the globe, analysing the instrumentation, scales, performance traditions and typical thematic content. Through these discoveries, students understand how the incorporation of other cultures enhances the worship experience, and are equipped with a biblical basis for this.
Many churches are multicultural. If they are not, they may have other cultures on their doorstep. Using multicultural styles in worship builds bridges among believers, and also reaches out to those who do not know Christ.
Matthew 22 tells us to love our neighbours. Christ uses a Samaritan as an example of a good neighbour; a foreigner in the land. We, too, need to show neighbourly love for all nationalities and cultures in our midst.
Having a firm biblical basis for why multicultural worship is necessary empowers us in our mission to reach other cultures and peoples.
It is only through understanding other cultures in their contexts that this can be done.
All the practical elements of this course are, by definition, intercultural.
The outcomes are practical; understanding how to incorporate the music and traditions of other cultures into worship without compromising the Gospel.
Throughout this course, students are transformed in their thinking, as they see the power and efficacy of intercultural worship.
