In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IWS is changing its academic delivery format for the June 2020 session only. Leveraging the best available technologies, IWS will create a unique and enriching “virtual campus” experience for our students. This groundbreaking opportunity will enable students to continue or begin their worship education despite the current global constraints....Read More
Lou Kaloger, MWS Professor, preaches at Opening Convocation (January 1 2020) on the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Name. The readings were Numbers 6:22-27, Psalm 8, Galatians 4:4-7, and Luke 2:15-21.Read More
For the January 2020 on-campus intensive, IWS Chaplain Dr. Nancy Nethercott and other speakers presented a series on the way God works through time to form his people.Read More
The IWS Bibliography has been updated for the January 2020 on-campus intensive, thanks to the hard work of IWS Bibliographer Dr. Mark Torgerson. All recent additions to the bibliography are identified just after the table of contents. The titles mentioned there will also be integrated into the bibliography under the appropriate heading. Those familiar with...Read More
View the archive of our live-streamed services and watch morning chapels, Opening Convocation, and the closing service of Eucharist and Healing.Read More
PRESIDENT BOARD SPOTLIGHT THANKS THE YEAR GIVE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, Trustees and Friends of IWS, “…Christ is all, and in all.” (Col. 3:11) In my presidential address this past June, I began and ended with these two phrases: “Worship exists for the Church, and the Church exists for the world.…...Read More
The Institute for Worship Studies recognizes the importance of assessing how well students are doing in their degree programs, and how effective the Institute for Worship Studies is in the pursuit of its institutional goals. Here is the latest summary of our findings as of Summer 2019: The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies...Read More
Rev. Dr. Gordon T. Smith, President of Ambrose University, preached on the Trinity at the 18th Commencement Service of the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies.Read More
Darrell Harris, Nancy Nethercott, andWalter Brown presented a series on Soul Care for the June 2019 on-campus intensive. Here is the audio and video.Read More
Join us for the Presidential Address, Opening Convocation, Commencement/Graduation, and Daily Chapel during the June 2019 session right here at iws.edu/live!Read More
The IWS Bibliography has been updated for the June 2019 on-campus intensive, thanks to the hard work of IWS Bibliographer Dr. Mark Torgerson. All recent additions to the bibliography are identified just after the table of contents. The titles mentioned there will also be integrated into the bibliography under the appropriate heading. Those familiar with...Read More
Carol Davis has made two important (and related) changes to her worship ministry: re-centering on God's story and using the liturgical calendar.Read More
Heather Terris describes how IWS has taught her about being a better worshiper of the risen Lord Jesus, and how the diversity of the IWS community has impacted her.Read More
"It's something you immerse yourself in, and it will change you." Dr. Jonathan Powers, DWS Alumnus, tells how lives were changed because of the way the "immersive" and "holistic" nature of IWS forms its students, and how IWS opened his eyes to the relationship between worship renewal and spiritual formation.Read More
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