Planning Music For Worship
With the great variety and sheer quantity of music available for use in worship, one of the greatest challenges for worship planners is selecting music for use in worship and deciding how it will be used. These decisions must be based on a variety of factors: musical-music for worship should be well-crafted music; textual-the texts chosen should be faithful to the Bible and communicate their message well; pastoral-selections should be made with sensitivity to the spiritual needs of individual worshipers; and liturgical-choices should be made so as to complement, not destroy the logical flow of the worship service. The following entries offer advice on how to make thoughtful choices based on these factors.…
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