Liturgy Collective

Bruce Benedict has been the chaplain of worship arts within Campus Ministries since June 2014. He works with a large team of students who seek to steward the tremendous creative gifts of Hope College towards the glory of God. He also teaches as an adjunct instructor in the Center for Ministry Studies and helps to support the work of Awakening, our high school worship arts camp. You can listen to Hope College Worship albums at Bandcamp and most online streaming services. Bruce also works to encourage the broader church through Cardiphonia Music and Bellwether Arts. Jonathan Gabhart serves as Pastor of Worship Arts and Discipleship at Pillar Church in Holland, Michigan. He also contributes to a collaboration of liturgical artists called Bellwether Arts. This presentation was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Russ Ramsey is a pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He was awarded the 2016 Christian Book Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He is the author of Struck, The Advent of the Lamb of God, and The Passion of the King of Glory. He lives in Nashville with his wife and four children. This panel was presented at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Ligon Duncan (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary, president of RTS Jackson, and the John E. Richards professor of systematic and historical theology. He is a board and council member of The Gospel Coalition. His new RTS course on the theology of the Westminster Standards is now available via RTS Global, the online program of RTS. He and his wife, Anne, have two adult children. This lecture was given live at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

David Kim is the CEO and co-founder of Goldenwood. Over the past several decades, Rev. Dr. David Kim has trained, consulted, and counseled hundreds of leaders and organizations in developing a robust, meaningful integration of faith and work. David’s past experiences as VP of Faith and Work, Executive Director of the Center for Faith & Work, Director of the Gotham Fellowship, and editor of the NIV Faith and Work Bible have given him a breadth of exposure to the challenges of integrating faith and work. His expertise as a key thought-leader in the faith and work space has been well-established having addressed prominent institutions and churches around the world. David's passion is to help people and organizations see the unseen realities that give rise to the world we create. This lecture was given live at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Thurman is the founding pastor of New City Fellowship West Church in St. Louis. He also serves as the Director of Homiletics at Covenant Theological Seminary. Prior to planting New City West End in 2019, Thurman served for 5 years as Associate Pastor at Grace & Peace Fellowship in St. Louis. He and his family (wife, Evie and four children) moved to St. Louis from Baltimore, Maryland, where Thurman pastored New Song Community Church for 13 years. Thurman served as a youth pastor and on staff with Young Life in Baltimore prior to the time at New Song. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Chesapeake Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant. This sermon was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

A Conversation with Douglas McKelvey & Ned Bustard | Every Moment Holy This conversation was presented at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Zac Hicks (D.Min., Knox Theological Seminary; M.Div., Denver Seminary; B.A., Biola University) is pastor of Church of the Cross in Birmingham, AL. He has been pastoring and leading worship for over two decades in churches all across the US—Hawaii, California, Colorado, Florida, and most recently Alabama. He is author of The Worship Pastor (Zondervan, 2016), Worship By Faith Alone (IVP Academic, 2023), and Before We Gather (Zondervan, 2023). A songwriter and producer, Zac’s music is streaming everywhere. Zac’s passions include the intersection of old and new in worship, the pastoral dimensions of worship leading, and recovering the gospel-centered theology of the Reformation for the sake of worship renewal. Zac has been married to his wife, Abby, for over twenty years, and they have four kids: Joel, Jesse, Brody, and Bronwyn. This lecture was given live at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Thurman Williams is the founding pastor of New City Fellowship West Church in St. Louis. He also serves as the Director of Homiletics at Covenant Theological Seminary. Prior to planting New City West End in 2019, Thurman served for 5 years as Associate Pastor at Grace & Peace Fellowship in St. Louis. He and his family (wife, Evie and four children) moved to St. Louis from Baltimore, Maryland, where Thurman pastored New Song Community Church for 13 years. Thurman served as a youth pastor and on staff with Young Life in Baltimore prior to the time at New Song. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Chesapeake Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant. This lecture was given live at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Bryan Chapell (MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary; PhD, Southern Illinois University Carbondale) is a founding council member of the Gospel Coalition and is Pastor Emeritus of the historic Grace Presbyterian Church and President Emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary. He now leads the Administrative Committee of the Presbyterian Church in America. His preaching and teaching are broadcast in many nations through Unlimited Grace Media, and are also available at unlimitedgrace.com. He is the author of many books, including Unlimited Grace, Christ-centered Worship, and Christ-centered Preaching, a preaching textbook now in multiple editions and many languages. He and his wife, Kathy, have four adult children, and a growing number of grandchildren. This lecture was given at the 2023 Liturgy Collective conference in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit liturgycollective.com.

Elliott Cherry, pastor of Midtown Fellowship 12 South in Nashville, brings pastoral preaching rooted in congregational life. He frames Psalm 137 in exile, describes the emotional reality of captivity, and explains why Jerusalem embodied hope. He explores taunts, waiting, singing to remember Zion, the psalm’s harsh cries for justice, and how God’s remembrance is fulfilled in Christ.