This week, I outline a form of worship that Dr. Daniel Day calls Gospel Shaped Worship and what renowned Worship Scholar Robert Webber describes as Blended worship.
The purpose of this worship as Dr. Webber says is to create "Worship that reflects the best of liturgical and contemporary worship." He desires to get beyond the trivial worship wars and focus on the content of our worship. "Blended worship that accents style is doomed to failure." It's blah, it offends.
Instead, Gospel shaped worship (blended worship) "blends the fruit of the liturgical scholarship of the 20th century and the concern for the immediacy of the Spirit called for in the best of the contemporary worship."
Our worship team has stated something similar in our worship vision for the coming years: "Our worship services are not categorized as traditional, contemporary or blended because our worship style is intended to engage people of all ages to worship our Almighty God in a sincere and humble way."
Our church seek to worship in ways that are biblical, theological, missional, corporate/individualized, Spirit-filled, technological, and artistic.
At the end of the powerpoint, I speak about some of the principles we see God developing in us that will shape our worship. I look forward to continuing to lead a church that takes worship seriously - but not ourselves; a church that seeks to be a place all generations can worship - and not fill they have to give something up; a church that focuses on God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; a church that practices radical hospitality as we welcome the stranger into our community and grace and assistance.
God has an incredible future in store for First Baptist Church, Cornelia. I look forward to seeing that future realized.
At the end of the powerpoint, I speak about some of the principles we see God developing in us that will shape our worship. I look forward to continuing to lead a church that takes worship seriously - but not ourselves; a church that seeks to be a place all generations can worship - and not fill they have to give something up; a church that focuses on God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; a church that practices radical hospitality as we welcome the stranger into our community and grace and assistance.
God has an incredible future in store for First Baptist Church, Cornelia. I look forward to seeing that future realized.
Here's the powerpoint:
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