Hearn Symposium Panels Discuss Contemporary, Congregational Music In Worship

October 15, 2002

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News Photo 677 — In his keynote address, George Barna, the founder and directing leader of Barna Research Group, presented findings of a major survey that assesses the current state of music in worship.Photo By: Chris Hansen / Baylor Photography

News Photo 678 — George Barna, founder and directing leader of Barna Research Group.Photo By: Chris Hansen / Baylor Photography

News Photo 698 — Panel discussion on "An Apologetic from the Christian Music Industry to the Church" with (L to R) Randall Bradley, Charlie Peacock, Peter York, Bill Hearn and Don Cason.

News Photo 695 — Charlie Peacock, author, recording artist, songwriter, producer.

News Photo 699 — Peter York of Sparrow Records.

News Photo 697 — Bill Hearn of EMI Christian Music Group.

News Photo 696 — Don Cason of Word Music.

News Photo 694 — Billy Ray Hearn and Kurt Kaiser.

News Photo 689 — (R to L) Carl Daw, executive director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, and Scott Dyer, Willow Creek Community Church, Barrington, Ill., were members of the panel discussion on "Songs of the People: Perspectives on Congregational Music."

News Photo 692 — Gwen Williams, From the Heart Ministries, New Orleans, took part in the panel discussion on "Songs of the People: Perspectives on Congregational Music."

News Photo 690 — Mike Coleman, president and CEO of Integrity Music, took part in the panel discussion on "Songs of the People: Perspectives on Congregational Music."

News Photo 691 — Michael Hawn, associate professor of music, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, took part in the panel discussion on "Songs of the People: Perspectives on Congregational Music."

News Photo 685 — Panel discussion on "Congregational Song and the Church: Three Perspectives" with Nathan Corbitt, professor at the Campolo School for Social Change at Eastern College, Philadelphia, Emily Brink, senior research fellow at the Institute for Music and Worship at Calvin College, and Jack Hayford, pastor of Church on the Way and chancellor of King?s College and Seminary, Los Angeles.

News Photo 688 — Emily Brink, senior research fellow at the Institute for Music and Worship at Calvin College.

News Photo 687 — Jack Hayford, pastor of Church on the Way and chancellor of King?s College and Seminary, Los Angeles.

News Photo 686 — Nathan Corbitt, professor at the Campolo School for Social Change at Eastern College, Philadelphia.

• Billy Ray Hearn Symposium on Christian Music

More than 500 pastors, worship leaders, musicians and others discussed the many issues surrounding "Music and the Church: Relevance in a Changing Culture," during the inaugural Billy Ray Hearn Endowed Symposium on Christian Music held Oct. 7-9 at Baylor University.
Four plenary sessions with major presenters from the fields of church music, academia and the Christian music industry discussed such issues as contemporary worship music, congregational music, youth/Gen X/Y, music and culture, and Christian music in a theological context.
They also heard from George Barna of Barna Research Group, who presented the findings of a national "music in worship" survey commissioned specifically for the symposium.

Hearn Symposium Panels Discuss Contemporary, Congregational Music In Worship

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