Includes suggestions for practical, innovative, and nontraditional forms of worship.
Short chapters cover topics such as worship and evangelism, hymns, traditions, and ethics.
Includes a resource section and bibliography. Engaging and insightful-and artful. Dripping with experience from his tenure as dean of the conservatory of music at Wheaton College, Best discusses music from the perspective of creation and creativity, as worship, and as highly connected to the Christian faith. Packed with information on musical debates, worship versus performance, identifying and attracting church musicians, and more. Includes appendices on new software for worship musicians and a poll on church music styles, as well as notes and an index.