Models Of Renewing Worship
This section presents models of renewing worship from the major traditions of the Christian church. These models are intended to be studied and used, adapted and implemented. A congregation may follow these examples and make changes appropriate to its own worship. The introduction to each of the worship models provides the reader with a brief understanding of the setting from which the worship derives; the main text invites the reader and student to study the flow of worship in the tradition represented; and the commentary summarizes the distinctive features of that worship pattern.…
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Seventh-day Adventist worship follows in the tradition of free church worship, featuring much hymn singing, exposit…
African-American worship has been a renewal movement from the beginning, when African-American slaves gathered to a…
Churches in the Anabaptist traditions are characterized by great variety in worship. Some have adopted habits from …
Baptists do not "own" a liturgy; rather, they share broadly with other denominations. The order of worship in most …
All the trappings of historic and well-ordered worship do nothing for the worshiper who is not consumed with the de…
The service of worship in the Christian Church follows the ecumenical consensus of the fourfold order. However, it …
The rule of prayer is the rule of faith. We pray what we believe and we believe what we pray. Christ handed down to…
The eucharistic liturgy, refined by twenty centuries of usage, has two distinct parts which form a unity. The first…
Evangelical churches may be defined as those that have stressed historically the authority of Scripture, personal c…
The Holiness movement is Wesleyan in origin. It emphasizes the sanctification of life and conduct. Sanctification i…
Imagine a welcoming narthex that opens onto the room of assembly where there is a great baptismal pool, full of cle…
The Methodist movement, led by John and Charles Wesley, began in the Church of England in the eighteenth century an…
The structure of Pentecostal worship has been and generally continues to be comprised of three basic units: Preli…
In the Presbyterian Church (USA), formal congregational worship is planned and conducted by the pastor and others. …
Rooted in Calvinism and in a strong confessionalism, Reformed churches are being shaped significantly by liturgical…
The Roman Catholic Sunday liturgy, the Mass, or more properly, the Eucharist, is composed of two primary parts: the…
Worship life in the United Church of Christ (UCC) exhibits both continuity and variety. A journey on any given Sund…
Taiz is a small village in eastern France where young adults from all over the world have gathered together since t…
The convergence model, which draws from a variety of traditions, exists in nearly every denomination. Liturgical ch…
Below is a praise service celebrated by the Zion Christian Reformed Church of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, in a worship…
The seeker services, on Saturday evenings at 5 and 7 and on Sunday mornings at 9 and 11:15, are meant to provide a …
Midweek services, called New Community, meet on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30. These gatherings are meant…