The IWS Library is delighted to announce the creation of our Special Collections webpage along with an online exhibit entitled The Life of Hugh T. McElrath: An Online Exhibit on the 20th Century Hymnologist through Hymnals. McElrath has several unique connections to IWS. Rev. Dr. Constance Cherry, one of our IWS faculty members, was a...Read More
This report is an update of the April 2022 Report, with metrics and student-based feedback for all fourteen Program Outcomes. Additionally, a report providing faculty-based and alumni-based feedback is available for download via PDF at the bottom of the page. The Institute for Worship Studies recognizes the importance of assessing how well students are doing...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 2021: The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies...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 2021: The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies...Read More
On February 5, we received word that the Commission on Accrediting of ATS has granted IWS initial accreditation for the MWS and DWS degrees for the maximum period of …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 2020: The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies...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
The 2018 update from the our assessment of how well students are doing in their degree programs, and how effective IWS is in the pursuit of its institutional goals.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 2017: The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies...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.Read More
The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies (IWS) celebrated its 14th annual Commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 14, 2015 with the graduation of 37 Masters and Doctoral students. “We are so proud to congratulate our distinguished graduates,” said President James R. Hart, who presided over the Commencement. “Their achievements in the study and ministry...Read More
“The Webber Institute is a unique type of Christian Graduate Academy. Not only is it intellectually stimulating but it is also both vigorous in enhancing authentic spiritual living and in developing genuine worshiping communities. Both of us are exceedingly grateful for our association with IWS and supportive of its holistic approach to the understanding of...Read More
“Being a part of the IWS faculty is a rewarding experience allowing me to participate in and learn from the growth, maturation, and renewal of students’s lives as they practice and articulate their faith in worship. In fact, the beauty and genius of IWS is that it uniquely offers an intentional engagement of practical and...Read More
“The Psalmist prays to ‘gaze on the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his temple’ (Ps 27:4), and I think IWS has been part of God’s answer to that for his people today. I always leave our on-campus sessions treasuring the warmth of our community and the beauty of the Lord that we...Read More
