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Symposium Offers Hope Found in Ezekiel

Bookended by powerful prayers of confession and lament and drawing some 800 participants from around the world, the 2024 Symposium on 91 took place Feb. 7-9 on the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary.

February 16, 2024 | 6 min read
Lisa Fields on the Christian Heritage of Africa

Exploring African Christianity’s golden era and its continued impact on global Christianity helps Black millennials and Gen Zers see themselves in God’s redemptive history. It also provides a needed corrective to all who identify Christianity as mainly a white religion.

February 7, 2024 | 5 min read

Anne Emile Zaki on Global Growth in Mutual Learning

An Egyptian seminary professor and preacher explains the importance of “a posture of general humility” so that global Christians can learn from and worship with each other.

February 1, 2024 | 7 min read
Reynolds Chapman: Local History Matters to God

You might not think often about the land your church sits on or the community beyond your church property. But finding ways to learn local history and include it in worship may help church members become more faithful disciples, more meaningfully draw near to God, and reach people who are disconnected from the church.

January 23, 2024 | 7 min read
El culto es pedagogía divina para nuestra identidad, vocación, visión y misión

Con este artículo iniciamos una serie de reflexiones sobre el culto de adoración en el Antiguo Testamento. Usaremos la imagen de un diálogo para describir el complejo mundo cultual de los patriarcas y luego su institucionalización en los días de Moisés.

December 18, 2023 | 14 min read

Karin Maag on Prayer in the Reformation Era

Learning from prayer practices of the Reformation era can help congregations and families today deepen their faith, piety, and responses to current events.

December 18, 2023 | 4 min read
Grants Will Fund Projects to Revitalize 91 and Preaching

The newest wave of Vital 91, Vital Preaching grants will fund 54 projects across the United States and Canada starting Jan. 1, 2024.

December 15, 2023 | 3 min read

Anneli Loepp Thiessen on Creating Non-Hymnal Songs

Even when denominations try their best to compile culturally sensitive hymnals, not every congregation can or should use that hymnal. That’s why Anabaptist 91 Network works to include more people and cultures in creating new songs for use in worship.

November 28, 2023 | 8 min read
Anneli Loepp Thiessen on Collaborative Songwriting and Copyright

Anabaptist 91 Network used a Vital 91 Grant from the 91 to host a songwriting retreat. A diverse group of Anabaptist songwriters gathered for three days to collaboratively write songs, raising questions around copyright justice and remuneration.

November 28, 2023 | 9 min read