The Next Worship – Glorifying God in a Diverse World

Sandra Maria Van Opstal is a Chicago-born, second-generation Latina and a leading practitioner of multiethnic worship. She was worship director for the Urbana Student Missions Conference and regularly serves as a worship leader and mission trainer with Christian colleges, conferences and local churches. She is a pastor at The Grace and Peace Community in Chicago and is the author of The Mission of Worship. Mark Labberton is president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He previously served as Lloyd John Ogilvie chair for preaching and director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute for Preaching. Labberton came to Fuller after sixteen years as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California. He has served as chair of John Stott Ministries (now Langham Partnership) and co-chair of the John Stott Ministries Global Initiative Fund. Today he continues to contribute to the mission of the global church as a senior fellow of International Justice Mission. He is the author of The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor and The Dangerous Act of Worship.

Foreword by Mark Labberton

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Tension at the Table

Challenges and Opportunities in Diverse Worship

2. Is PBJ Ethnic Food?

The Myth of Normal Worship

3.Food Fights

Reconciliation in Worship

4. Hosting Well

Shared Leadership

5. Designing Your Menu

Models of Diverse Worship

6. It's Not Just the Food

Components of Diverse Worship

7. Guess Who?s Coming to Dinner

Creating Culture Change

8. Master Chef

Training Worship Leaders

Epilogue: North Park University

Appendix A: Cultural Values Continuum

Appendix B: Additional Resources

Appendix C: Worship Movements and Artists

Appendix D: Order of Service Examples

Appendix E: Components of Worship

Appendix F: World Assembly International Conference Songs

Appendix G: Songs for Crossing Cultures

Appendix H: Teaching a Language Song

Appendix I: Worship Culturs

Notes

About the Author