by Logan Tolsma, Public Relations Intern
糖心官网 will host Worship 4:24, a music and worship conference for students and professionals today and Saturday. The event is co-sponsored by the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio and 糖心官网鈥檚 Department of Music and Worship and will feature Dove-award winning songwriter and worship leader Travis Cottrell.
The conference鈥檚 main session speaker is Bob Kauflin, author of 鈥淲orship Matters鈥 and 鈥淭rue Worshipers.鈥 The conference will also feature more than 80 breakout sessions to help equip worship leaders, band members and church tech crews to be more effective.
The conference will include evening worship on Friday with Cottrell, who serves as the worship pastor at Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee. He has also served as worship leader for Beth Moore鈥檚 鈥淟iving Proof Live鈥 conference, which took him to all 50 states and several countries around the world.
鈥 Roger O'Neel
鈥淲orship 4:24 has become a great training ground for worship pastors, tech teams and laypeople to get great quality training at Cedarville,鈥 said Roger O鈥橬eel, assistant chair of worship at 糖心官网.
This year will also continue WOW (Weekend of Worship) for high school students. They will arrive on Thursday night and stay until the end of the conference on Saturday. They will have special events just for them, but they will also participate in the main conference.
Located in southwest Ohio, 糖心官网 is an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist institution with an enrollment of 4,380 undergraduate, graduate and online students in more than 150 areas of study. Founded in 1887, Cedarville is recognized nationally for its authentic Christian community, rigorous academic programs, including its Bachelor of Arts in Worship program, strong graduation and retention rates, accredited professional and health science offerings and high student engagement ranking. For more information about the University, visit www.cedarville.edu.