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Worship leaders from many denominations and many contexts gathered not only to learn the latest songs from Northern Irish singer-songwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty, but also to take in the Getty\u2019s compelling approach to worship ministry.<\/p>\n

The April leadership event, hosted by EduDeo Ministries<\/a> and sponsored by Redeemer, was centred around a talk by Keith Getty, who has penned many modern hymns, the most well-known of which is \u201cIn Christ Alone\u201d. Keith shared his advice on composing songs and Sunday setlists and his thoughts on how congregational worship can lead us into missions.<\/p>\n

\"Keith<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we aren\u2019t singing about missions,\u201d Keith said, \u201cwe aren\u2019t thinking about missions and we certainly aren\u2019t going to be acting missionally.\u201d By engaging with theologically rich songs and by being able to fully participate in worship, we are able to live as people attuned to God.<\/p>\n

Worship isn\u2019t about the song line-up\u2019s \u201ccoolness factor\u201d or about the impressive production we might expect from a concert. If we reduce worship to buzzworthy performances, Keith warned, we lose out on the theological richness and the depth of expression and experience available to us as a congregation. \u201cWe may draw people in the doors, particularly our youth groups, but we lose them between 18 and 40,\u201d he continued, \u201cwhen these energetic songs seem like simplistic answers to the difficult problems and questions they grow up to face.\u201d<\/p>\n

“If we aren\u2019t singing about missions, we aren\u2019t thinking about missions and we certainly aren\u2019t going to be acting missionally.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Instead, the songs we sing must teach us about the character of God and the nature of our own experience. In worship, we learn to live as deep Christians for this generation, as our ancestors and the heroes of our faith were for their own generation. \u201cWhat we sing,\u201d Keith reflected, \u201cso profoundly affects what we think, how we feel, the decisions we make and, in turn, the legacy we leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Redeemer, too, is shaping this legacy, not only by training ministry leaders with Getty Music\u2019s workshop, but also by training the next generation through our renewed Ministry program. The new Urban and Intercultural Ministry program places theology, discipleship and worship at the centre of Christ\u2019s call to love our neighbours as ourselves. The program prepares students to serve and steward the ministry settings of tomorrow, just as the Getty\u2019s leadership events continue to equip leaders for today\u2019s ministry contexts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Modern hymn composer and recording artist Keith Getty talks worship as a call to mission in Hamilton worship leaders workshop.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[107,128,212],"acf":{"post_featured_image":false,"post_image_vertical_position":"center","post_hero":false,"post_featured":false,"post_featured_order":"0","post_hide_me":false},"yoast_head":"\nSinging into Missions | Redeemer University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Modern hymn composer and recording artist Keith Getty talks worship as a call to mission in Hamilton worship leaders 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