Publications

Toledo, David. “Christian Higher Education and the Great Commission: Teaching as Formation.” Journal of Faith in the Academic Profession 1, no. 1 (2022): 1–6. At the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century, Christian higher education is at an inflection point. The influence of Christian educational institutions in matters of culture, academia, and…

Toledo, David M. “The Master of Arts in Worship: A Reflection and a Path Forward.” Artistic Theologian 7 (2019): 89–103. The 2019 Edition (Volume 7) of Artistic Theologian includes an article by me that examines the history of the Master of Arts in Worship degree program in the School of Church Music and Worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. I served as…

Toledo, David M. “Freedom and Order in Worship: Paul’s Instructions in 1 Corinthians.” Artistic Theologian 5 (2017): 3–16. The 2017 Edition of The Artistic Theologian has been published today and it includes an article I wrote concerning Paul’s instructions regarding the worship practices of the Corinthian church. This article emerged out of my invited paper at the…

Toledo, David M. “Celebrating Grace Hymnal: Five Years Later.” The Hymn 66, no. 1 (2015): 16–22. In the summer of 2014, I gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the Hymn Society in North America and Canada where I compared the contents of the Celebrating Grace Hymnal and the Baptist Hymnal (2008). This project emerged from the work…

Toledo, David M. “Why Worship Leaders Should Study Theology.” Artistic Theologian 2 (2013): 17–25. “In his article titled “Why Pastors Should Be Learned in Worship and Music” in volume one of Artistic Theologian, Kevin T. Bauder offered nine propositions outlining the necessity of musical and doxological training for pastors. The present work serves as a companion piece to…

Toledo, David M. “Liturgy as a Way of Life by Bruce Ellis Benson.” Review of Liturgy as a Way of Life, by Bruce Ellis Benson. Artistic Theologian 2 (2013): 126–27. I reviewed an interesting work by Bruce Ellis Benson entitled Liturgy as a Way of Life: Embodying the Arts in Christian Worship for the in the Fall…

Toledo, David M. “Created in God’s Image: Humanity’s Doxological Vocation.” Sistemática Equatorial 2, no. 2 (2014): 123–50. Through a series of fascinating chance encounters, I made connection with several members of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board team who work with the various seminaries in Latin and South America. After several months of communication,…

The following article is published in the 2013 edition of the Journal of the Baptist Church Music Conference. Relational dynamics within the worship ministry Southern Baptist church musicians from congregations of all sizes face the challenge of selecting, developing, and shepherding a ministry team to accomplish the goals of the music and worship ministry in…