Worship ways
Subtitle: for the people within your reach
By: Thomas G. Bandy, with Lucinda S. Holmes
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781426788079
Subjects: Public worship; Theory; Missions
Description: Accelerating diversity of lifestyles has created a crisis for worship designers. One size does not fit all. No worship service can be "blended" to address the complete needs of a congregation. Moreover, church "shopping" is ending as people are choosing a worship service that directly meets their fundamental anxieties about life (regardless of style). Learn to use lifestyle information in worship planning to design a service that truly reaches the people in your community. This book explains why people worship and guides leaders to design relevant worship services that address people's sense of urgency. It is both practical and theological. The decline of worship attendance in all denominations, and across all "traditional" or "contemporary" styles, is reshaping the quest for relevance. Church leaders are turning away from methods to outcomes. People will only participate in worship if it really matters to the fundamental issues that they face.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why worship?; title: Mission-targeted worship; title: Worship option: coaching worship; title: Worship option: educational worship; title: Worship option: transformational worship; title: Worship option: inspirational worship; title: Worship option: caregiving worship; title: Worship option: healing worship; title: Coaching worship: mission-connectional worship; title: Blending worship; title: The Sunday morning experience.