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Our Mission
The Center for Worship Leadership (CWL) exists to encourage leaders of worship with confessionally Lutheran, contextually artistic, and gospel-rooted resources and experiences.
About the Center for Worship Leadership (CWL)
On the campus of Concordia University Irvine, CWL partners with the music and theology faculties to train and equip the next-generation of worship arts leaders and church musicians through the Director of Parish Music Minor. At the core of our work, however, is the commitment to support church leaders and songwriters currently serving in church contexts through initiatives like the Worship Arts Leader Initiative, The Songwriter Initiative, The Liturgy Initiative, the CWL Podcast Network, the Theology of Worship Certificate Program, and The Psalm Library. For more information see the "Initiatives" section below.
Worship Theology
Ministry Theology
Practical Skills
As a ministry of Concordia University Irvine, the Center for Worship Leadership (CWL) exists
to encourage leaders of worship — music directors, church musicians, tech directors, and
preachers — with confessionally Lutheran, contextually artistic, and gospel-rooted resources
and experiences.
We promote theology, ministry leadership, and practical skills as the three core competencies
of worship arts ministry.
Center for Worship Leadership Initiatives
The strength of the Center for Worship Leadership is found in the collaboration and leadership of its many representatives and advocates - ranging from PhD’s to practitioners. There are many ways that we are connecting leaders of worship to sources of empowered learning, experiences of common support, and modes of professional inspiration. We hope you find something here that you can join us in and be encouraged by.
The WALi Summit
Annually gathers leaders of worship, pastors, and musicians to a 3 day experience of plenary speakers, breakouts, worship, mutual support, and in-depth training.
The Songwriter Initiative
Supports songwriters in their calling to champion musical art and theological richness in their craft by providing monthly curated articles on songwriting, online webinars, professional gathering events and collective resources.
The Psalm Library
Bi-annually produces Psalm arrangements and settings for use in worship.
The Liturgies Initiative
Collaborates to produce in-depth liturgy and service order templates that go alongside small group materials, sermon series, or seasons of the church year.
Podcast Network
Podcast - hosts monthly conversations with leading thinkers in topics of theology and worship.
Worship Planning Suite
Worship Planning Suite is an interface that supports the weekly work of worship leaders and pastors. Featuring a song consideration archive, theological/cultural encyclopedia, tutorial videos for teams, a digital library, book reviews, and community interfacing, we are currently working on phase 1 of this project.
Coming Soon!
