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Concerns For The Future Of Worship

Contributor / Topic: History of Christian Worship
Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Worship renewalists live by the Reformation axiom semper reformanda: the church must always be renewing itself. In advocating the need for worship and worshipers to be in continual renewal, renewalists recognize the pattern through which movements have moved historically. Normally a new movement becomes institutionalized within a generation, and in turn becomes in need of revitalization. The following six entries call attention to the ongoing task of worship renewal.…

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Chapters & Articles in Concerns For The Future Of Worship (6)

Entry 1
An Orthodox Concern

Orthodox historians and theologians trace their tradition back to the apostolic faith of the early centuries of Chr…

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Entry 2
A Catholic Concern

The following author maintains that worship reflects the changing perceptions of people involved in the ongoing lif…

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Entry 3
A Mainline Protestant Concern

Worship renewal is a corrective to the individualism of much Protestant worship. The liturgical movement is restori…

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Entry 4
An Evangelical Concern

Evangelicals are awakening to the need for worship renewal. True worship renewal does not come about through superf…

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Entry 5
A Charismatic Concern

Charismatic Christians want to reclaim the fullness of the gospel, particularly the work of the Spirit that results…

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Entry 6
A Praise-and-worship Concern

The worship style known as "praise and worship" may be described as a continuously flowing style in which more upbe…

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