Deepen Your Understanding and Theology of Worship
Chuck Steddom oversees the MDiv worship pastor concentration at Bethlehem College & Seminary. He has also served as Pastor for Worship and Music at Bethlehem Baptist Church since 1997. Prior to this, he served pastorates in Minnesota and Iowa, Chairman of the Fine Arts dept./associate dean of Academics Prairie Bible Institute AB. Canada. Chuck serves as Associate professor of Worship at the Kachin Theological College and Seminary in Northern Myanmar. He is also a consultant and founding member of the Multi-ethnic worship leaders network. Chuck is committed to seeing the nations come together in the worship of King Jesus in the North American context.
Resources prepared by David Clifford and Colton Moore from Bethlehem College & Seminary.
Dr. Matthew Westerholm serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Worship at Bethlehem College & Seminary and as the Pastor for Music and Worship at Bethlehem Baptist Church, downtown campus. Prior to this, he served as a worship pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois (1998–2008) and as Dean of the Chapel and director of the worship arts program at Cornerstone University (2008–2013). Matthew’s dissertation examined the eschatological views within contemporary worship music presented at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has written congregational songs and blog posts on worship for the DesiringGod, Gospel Coalition, and Doxology & Theology websites.
Matthew enjoys Christian Hedonism, classic and modern jazz, comic books, and Chicago sports. He feels comfortable behind a piano, but makes his home in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis with his wife, Lisa, and their three sons.
Matt Boswell serves as Pastor of Ministries and Worship at Providence Church in Frisco, Texas. He is a hymn-writer, President of Doxology & Theology, and a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is currently working toward a PhD. He is head over heels for his bride, Jamie, and they have four small children.
A biblical, historical, and contemporary look at gospel-centered worship with emphasis on understanding, planning, and leading corporate public worship in a local congregation.
An application of Jonathan Edwards' treatise to how Christians ought to worship in light of the creative work of God.
Matthew Westerholm serves as Pastor for Worship and Music at Bethlehem Baptist Church’s downtown campus. Prior to moving to Minneapolis, he served as Dean of the Chapel at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and as a Worship Pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Matthew is pursuing a PhD in Christian Worship from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Matthew enjoys writing songs, but adores his wife, Lisa, and their three boys.
Ron Man (MM, ThM, DMin) trained as an orchestra conductor, later attended Dallas Theological Seminary, and has served as a pastor, missionary, and worship pastor. He is presently Pastor of Worship/Missionary in Residence at First Evangelical Church in Memphis, Tennessee, and also Director of Worship Resources International.
For nearly a decade, Keith Getty (co-writer of In Christ Alone, The Power of the Cross, and many other well-known modern hymns) has occupied a unique space in the world of music as a preeminent modern hymn writer. In re-inventing the traditional hymn form, he and his wife Kristyn have created a distinguished catalogue of songs teaching Christian doctrine and crossing genres by connecting the world of traditional and classical composition with contemporary and globally-accessible melodies. Keith and Kristyn Getty live between Northern Ireland and Nashville with their daughters Eliza Joy, Charlotte, and Grace.
Connecting a biblical theology of worship with what worship leaders actually do on Sundays.
Helping worship leaders widen their perspective on leading their church’s worship of God. Worship leaders should consider the cultural context around their building and the variety of cultures within their doors.
