Dr. C. Michael Hawn

One Bread, One Body:
Strategies for Worshiping in a Diverse World

Sunday, November 16, 2003
2:30 – 5:00 pm

Can people with different world views worship together? Isn’t it better to worship with those who have similar perspectives and values? From its earliest days, Christian worship was cross-cultural. One of the prayers of the earliest church was “that all might be one.” Crosscultural worship is not easy, but for those who risk it, they may be anticipating the worship of heaven where all nations and peoples will sing at the feet of Jesus. This workshop will focus on strategies and songs for worshiping together in a divided and fractured world.

Dr. C. Michael Hawn has been Associate Professor of Church Music at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas for eleven years. Prior to this, he was a professor of church music at two Baptist seminaries and minister of music at several churches. Hawn is a student of global music and studied in Nigeria and Kenya on a fellowship in 1989. In the years following he taught and studied church music in Cuba, Haiti, Mexico and Nicaragua. His research in South America, southern African and Asia in 1998-99 led to the publication of Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round (Choristers Guild). More recently, Hawn has authored two books on multicultural music and worship: Gather Into One: Praying and Singing Globally (Eerdmans, 2003) and One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship (Alban Institute, 2003).

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