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Evangelical versus Liturgical? Defying a Dichotomy
By: Melanie C. Ross
In this book Melanie Ross draws on historical analysis, systematic theology, and the worship life of two vibrant congregations to argue that the common ground shared by evangelical and liturgical churches is much more important than the differences than divide them.
Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission
By: Ruth A. Meyers
A rich, fresh take on the meaning and practice of Christian worship
Readings in African American Church Music and Worship, Volume 2
By: James Abbington
This volume is a vivid testimony to the value of examining the variety and dynamism of African American church music and worship from multiple, overlapping points of view, from both realist and idealist voices, with a focus on gaining wisdom.
Resources in the Ancient Church for Today's Worship
By: Catherine Gunsalus González
There is much that the church today can learn from the worship of the early church, particularly in the second century.
The Touch of the Sacred: The Practice, Theology, and Tradition of Christian Worship
By: F. Gerrit Immink
In The Touch of the Sacred Gerrit Immink offers thoughtful theological reflection on the religious practice of worship services in the Protestant tradition.
Worship with Gladness: Understanding Worship from the Heart
By: Joyce Ann Zimmerman
In this invitingly written, deeply joyful book, Joyce Ann Zimmerman makes Scripture her foundation as she explores the meaning and purpose of authentic Christian worship today.
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.
Imagining the Kingdom
By: James K.A. Smith
James K.A. Smith expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received Desiring the Kingdom
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.
Longing for Jesus: Worship at a Black Holiness Church in Mississippi, 1895-1916
By: Lester Ruth
The Church at Worship is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history. In this third volume, Longing for Jesus, Lester Ruth vividly portrays a very prominent, dynamic African-American holiness church in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early twentieth century.
Reading for Preaching: The Preacher in Conversation with Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists
By: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
Though aimed especially at preachers, this beautifully written book will benefit anyone interested in the wisdom to be derived from reading.
The Worship Sourcebook, Second Edition
By: John D. Witvliet, Emily R. Brink, Carrie Steenwyk
A comprehensive guide to planning worship, The Worship Sourcebook, 2nd edition, offers a collection of calls to worship, prayers of confession, and other spoken prayers and litanies.
Evangelical versus Liturgical? Defying a Dichotomy
By: Melanie C. Ross
In this book Melanie Ross draws on historical analysis, systematic theology, and the worship life of two vibrant congregations to argue that the common ground shared by evangelical and liturgical churches is much more important than the differences than divide them.
Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission
By: Ruth A. Meyers
A rich, fresh take on the meaning and practice of Christian worship
Readings in African American Church Music and Worship, Volume 2
By: James Abbington
This volume is a vivid testimony to the value of examining the variety and dynamism of African American church music and worship from multiple, overlapping points of view, from both realist and idealist voices, with a focus on gaining wisdom.
Resources in the Ancient Church for Today's Worship
By: Catherine Gunsalus González
There is much that the church today can learn from the worship of the early church, particularly in the second century.
The Touch of the Sacred: The Practice, Theology, and Tradition of Christian Worship
By: F. Gerrit Immink
In The Touch of the Sacred Gerrit Immink offers thoughtful theological reflection on the religious practice of worship services in the Protestant tradition.
Worship with Gladness: Understanding Worship from the Heart
By: Joyce Ann Zimmerman
In this invitingly written, deeply joyful book, Joyce Ann Zimmerman makes Scripture her foundation as she explores the meaning and purpose of authentic Christian worship today.
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.
Imagining the Kingdom
By: James K.A. Smith
James K.A. Smith expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received Desiring the Kingdom
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.
Longing for Jesus: Worship at a Black Holiness Church in Mississippi, 1895-1916
By: Lester Ruth
The Church at Worship is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history. In this third volume, Longing for Jesus, Lester Ruth vividly portrays a very prominent, dynamic African-American holiness church in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early twentieth century.
Reading for Preaching: The Preacher in Conversation with Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists
By: Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
Though aimed especially at preachers, this beautifully written book will benefit anyone interested in the wisdom to be derived from reading.
The Worship Sourcebook, Second Edition
By: John D. Witvliet, Emily R. Brink, Carrie Steenwyk
A comprehensive guide to planning worship, The Worship Sourcebook, 2nd edition, offers a collection of calls to worship, prayers of confession, and other spoken prayers and litanies.
