Conferences
Launching early in 2025, the CultureFusion National Worship Conference, is a
two-day experience designed to inspire, teach, and equip church worship teams,
leaders, and Jesus followers through keynote speakers and hands-on
workshops led by a diverse faculty of nationally recognized pastors, worship leaders, and musicians.
Each night of the conference will cap off with a multicultural, intergenerational
“Night of Worship” led by our CultureFusion Worship Team, band, and volunteer
citywide choir.
Starting in the spring of 2025, we are scheduling one-day regional conferences in cities across the United States and two-day conferences throughout the world.
Keynotes
Why Multicultural Worship?
One of the many ways that we see and experience the true image of God or Imago Dei is through diversity! And by recognizing how we are all uniquely and wonderfully made in His image to live, serve, and worship Him in harmony as one.
We Don’t Have to Wait: Living Out Revelation 7:9
Revelation 7:9 gives us a preview of what heaven will look like, “every tribe, every nation, every tongue…” We don’t have to wait to get to heaven to experience this! In fact, we are called to reconcile to God and to one another while we’re here on Earth. And when we celebrate through worship individually and corporately, the Church becomes a powerful witness to the world.
Foundations for the Multiethnic Church & Worship
Galatians 3:28 is a foundational scripture that teaches comprehensive inclusion and equality for all followers of Jesus. As believers, we are ALL in a mutual and equal relationship in the family of God.
“I saw a huge crowd, too huge to count. Everyone was there – all nations and tribes, all races and languages. And they were standing before the Throne and the Lamb and heartily singing. All who were standing around the Throne – fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God singing.”
Workshops
Bridges and Barriers to Cross-Cultural Worship
Cross-cultural worship includes a wide pallet of different worship experiences, patterns, and perspectives. This workshop provides a deeper look at collective corporate worship and how our differences, when blended together, break down walls and build bridges of love and respect within the body of Christ.
Compassion in a Divided Room
In an increasingly divided world, what can worship leaders do to foster unity and compassion in Christ-followers? We will explore creative ways and share practical tips to help you lead others to see Christ in one another through worship.
Leading Worship with a Mindset of Multicultural Expression & Inclusion
Multicultural worship leaders share their best practices on how to express yourself authentically while leading diverse teams and your congregations into worship.
Navigating Musical Genres, Styles, & the Arts in a Multicultural Setting
This workshop covers the intersection of varying streams and expressions of our diverse church experiences, cultures, and intergenerational worshippers, through introducing these concepts to the local church.
The Power of Song & the Songwriting Journey
This workshop examines the power of song, including lyrics, melody, rhythm, and chord structures while exploring practical ways to write songs that are theologically rich, culturally contextualized, and musically excellent.
Expanding Your Keyboard/Piano Pallet
This session covers how to arrange and orchestrate songs by expanding your knowledge of chord substitutions, genre voicings, how to expand your sound, increase creativity, improve song-crafting and accompaniment.
Designing Sounds, Loops, & Sequencing Tracks for Today's Worship
We’ll uncover the many facets and uses of designing keyboard sounds for live worship services across genres. This workshop will explore loops, click tracks, and the art of sequencing for additional instrumentation in live worship music as taught by top industry professionals.
How to Speak Drums & Percussion in the Language of Music
This workshop looks at the various musical styles of drumming and percussion through exploring “the groove,” dynamics, and time within the worship environment. Attendees will learn the techniques for playing off each other and breathing dynamics into the rhythm section.
Guitars, Bass, & More
This session dives into the importance of establishing foundational rhythms and lead parts for acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and the electric bass. We’ll also focus on a broad base of fundamental “grooves” for guitar and bass across multiple styles.
Composing & Arranging for the Multiethnic Church
Bring your instrument, voice, ideas, and passion, and learn to create new music for your multicultural community. We’ll examine worship chord charts and unpack why they often come with little to no guidelines. Rhythm section musicians will learn when it's best to copy what’s on a recording or self- interpret. Worship bands will learn to develop their skills as individuals and as a section.
Relationships, Song Sets, & More
Learn the essential elements for developing a healthy and vibrant multiethnic worship gatherings, including how to build congregational and team relationships. We'll examine how to create loving and thriving worship experiences through designing worship sets that promote a spirit of inclusion and unity.
The Ultimate Worshipper
Many local church worship teams consist of volunteers who have no formal vocal training. This makes blending background vocals and choirs very challenging depending on an individual's skill and experience levels. This workshop teaches best practices and techniques for leading a congregation whether you are a worship leader, praise team member, or valued choir worshipper. We'll also examine how to lead a team to better engage with multiethnic and intergenerational congregations. 8
Partners & Sponsors
We are always looking for corporate partners to help us fuel our mission. Reach out to douglas@culturefusionworship.org to learn more about how you can get involved.
Corporate Partners and Sponsorships Director, Douglas Hasse
