Although many people have encouraged me through this process, my first gratitude rightfully goes to my Heavenly Father. God's call to follow this degree and His help to complete it come from His good and sovereign will, the work of Christ Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. Their emotional and spiritual support, evidenced by their constant guidance for me to persevere in following God's will, have carried me through long nights of work.
I am also grateful to the community of God-called staff, administrators, and teachers of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Her personal interest and enthusiasm for this project and my success have been the necessary fuel for the completion. Matthew Westerholm also patiently walked me through many months of research and research, which finally led me to my topic.
Greg Brewton has been one of the greatest sources of support, encouragement and friendship I have received throughout my study program. SBTS Registrar Norm Chung, SBTS Archivist Chris Fenner, and retired SBTS Music Librarian and Adjunct Church Music Faculty Martha Powell were all instrumental in my quest to obtain data essential to telling the story of worship leader training at Southern Seminary.
INTRODUCTION
Cooke Sr. Supports Fuller
Some of the faculty felt that the potential drain on the seminary's already precarious budget made starting the School of Church Music an unwise decision. The seminary realizes the value of music in the life of the individual Christian and the church. The School of Church Music bulletin presented the Master of Sacred Music degree in its 1946-1947 publication.
3 David Norman Carle, "A History of the School of Church Music of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary DMA diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986), 91. In 1970, under Heeren's leadership, Cooke Hall was built to house the new home of the School of Church Music. 89 SBTS, "Special Task Force on the Future of the School of Church Music and Worship".
Students choosing the Master of Arts in Worship should seek academic advising from the Associate Dean for the School of Church Music and Worship.129. These new degrees, as well as demands from the churches, have led us to restructure the School of Church Music and Worship. Mims, "School of Church Music and Worship Report," The Tie: A Publication of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, special supplement, March 2000, 24.
The church music conservatory will continue to offer all the school's music degrees. 4. 17 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS), “Special Task Force Report on the Future of the School of Church Music and Worship,” 2009, 5. The curriculum for this new worship degree included many of the same course requirements found in the Master of Church Music degree.
In fact, some faculty felt that Stam's death, in a way, paralleled the passing of the School of Music and Church Worship.49. As during Mims' tenure, Bolton's efforts would not bring back the glory days of the Church Music School. Special Task Force on the Future of Church Music and Worship School.
93 SBTS, “Special Task Force on the Future of the School of Church Music and Worship”. We are very proud of the history of both the School of Church Music and Worship and the School of Leadership and Church Ministry. 65 David Norman Carle, “History of the School of Church Music of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary DMA diss., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
It embodies the threefold commitment of the School of Church Ministries in the areas of biblical worship, family discipleship and pastoral leadership.
CONCLUSION
Just as the original faculty of the SCM were called upon to construct and teach a curriculum that would prepare graduates to meet the job competencies of church music and worship leadership in 1944, so did the generation of seminary leaders and faculty during the years of worship. . The purpose of this study was to follow the development of the programs in church music and worship leadership offered at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, specifically in the period around 1980 to 2019, with special attention to the Master of Church Music and Master of Arts in Worship. The end goal was to trace and document from primary sources the changes in central programs at the Church Music School, the Church Music School and.
This popular branch of the CGM became important to the second wave of contemporary worship that hit churches in the United States during the late 1980s and 1990s because it provided “a steady, transdenominational backdrop that advocated liturgical innovation throughout this period. Throughout the history of the Christian Church, worship has been understood as a service to God; Protestant Christians usually call their corporate worship. In summary, worship and church growth are biblically linked; worship is often the barrier that prevents nonchurchs from participating in the life of the church; worship is the "front door" of the church, the first impression and.
Although not entirely culpable, the changes brought about by the Mohler administration helped place the Southern Seminary's leadership training program in an "impossible conundrum."37 The churches that supported Mohler and his changes knew the stylistic reputation of SCM- and the differences identified by Dickson. These churches, the ones that make up the majority of the Southern Seminary constituency, were also largely shaped by the pragmatism of the Church Growth movement. Among the various factors that contributed to the decline that peaked around 2010 were (1) religious policy shifts in the SBC;. 2) Mohler's strong leadership away from some of the traditional SCM constituent churches; (3) the growing importance of contemporary worship in evangelical churches;
One of the most important such changes between 1980 and 2019 was the advent of the Internet, which gave way to distance learning and online education. 45 Paul Harrison Randlett, “Training Worship Leaders Through the Worship Wars: A Study of the Development of Liberty University's Undergraduate Music and Worship Leadership Programs from 1971 to 2018” (Ph.D. Dissertation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019), 89. One of the strengths, that institutions look for when implementing online classes is a lower cost of classes per student.
These instructors handled many of the pre-college skills classes and many of the applied lessons. Marc Brown (voice, outreach, worship band techniques) and Chandi Plummer (voice, vocal pedagogy, choir). . degree) was about one-third the 1980 enrollment: 175 compared to about 550. Bearden's study drew five conclusions consisting of the following: (1) general statements of competency for ministers of music in Southern Baptist churches; (2) areas of special importance such as the philosophy of music in relation to the nature and purpose of the church; music education, worship leadership and program administration are the primary function; (3) a music profile for a minister of music serving a Southern Baptist church; (4) an understanding of the differences in perceived importance between church music educators and religious music leaders/ministers for competency.
