Publications

Servanthood of Song: Music, Ministry, and the Church in the United States

By: Stanley R. McDaniel

'Servanthood of Song' is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today.

Sound Theology

By: Randall Dean Engle

This book surveys the liturgical soundscape during and after the Reformation with regard to the use of instruments in worship in general, and the (dis)use of the pipe organ specifically.

The OneWord Worship Model

By: Lisa Allen-McLaurin

The OneWord Worship Model: A New Paradigm for Church Worship Planning offers a clear, concise, and collaborative approach to planning congregational worship using the biblical text as its foundation.

Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy

By: María Eugenia Cornou, Rebecca Snippe, John D. Witvliet

A Spanish-English bilingual hymnal for Protestant congregations, parishes, seminaries, schools, and more.

The Gospel in a Handshake

By: Kevin J. Adams

This book focuses on the grace embedded in the timeless liturgy and enables readers to create their own frames that alert worshipers to the character and purpose of various service elements.

Caring Worship: Helping Worship Leaders Provide Pastoral Care through the Liturgy

By: Howard Vanderwell

This book takes a new and fresh look at the worship liturgy.

The Whole Church Sings: Congregational Singing in Luther's Wittenberg

By: Robin A. Leaver

Authoritative study by a renowned musicologist and Reformation scholar presenting new research that congregational singing was both the intention and the practice right from the beginning of the Wittenberg reforms in worship.

Essential Worship: A Handbook for Leaders

Essential Worship is a concise, easy-to-read primer on the basics of worship theology and practice.

Singing God's Psalms

By: Fred R. Anderson

Drawing on his decades of experience as a pastor, hymn writer, and hymnal consultant, Fred Anderson here offers pastors and worship leaders a rich treasury of singable psalms — one for each psalm text or canticle appointed in the three-year Revised Common Lectionary.

Gospel Vocalises & Warm Ups: Engaging Mind, Body & Spirit

By: Charsie Randolph Sawyer

This book offers all the Gospel musicians tools for engaging body, mind, and spirit.

Arts Ministry: Nurturing the Creative Life of God's People

By: Michael J Bauer

The best available guidebook to the emerging field of Christian arts ministry.

Lift Up Your Hearts: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

By: Joyce Borger

Lift Up Your Hearts hymnal, published by Faith Alive Christian Resources, has over 900 psalms, hymns and songs.