Since the late 1940s, Praise and Worship has emerged as a new mode of liturgical expression out of North American Pentecostalism. Despite a variety of conflicts that have marked its adoption, it has found a home in a wide swath of global Protestant churches and it is estimated t…
본 연구가 진행되었던 2020년은 코로나19라는 유례없는 전염병의 확산으로 온 세계가 공포로 가득 차 있었다. 본 연구는 인간이 처해 있는 육신의 질병과 마음의 상처, 영적인 갈망에 대한 근원적인 해결로서 치유찬양예배를 제안하고자 한다. 오랫동안 찬양사역자이자 목사로 섬기며 찬양예배를 통한 성도들의 치유와 회복을 목격하였다. 그들은 치유찬양예배를 경험하고 육신의 질병과 마음의 고통과 영적인 갈급함의 문제가 사라졌다고 말한다. 그리고 기쁨과 감격 속에서 제자 된 그리스도인의 삶을 살아가고 있다고 …
This document serves as both an exploration and informal analysis of five published settings of the Evening Canticles (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) written by living American composers. Its main objective is to highlight music which is lesser known among a genre based primarily…
Churches in the twenty-first century come in all types, shapes, and sizes. The church plant movement is bringing many new churches into existence. With many of these church plants, the assumption is that a contemporary worship style comes with it. This could be viewed this way, …
Since the institution of Old Testament-Temple corporate worship, there has been someone assigned the task of leading congregational worship. The Chronicler records King David’s divisions of the sons of Asaph to be “set apart for service…under the direction of their father in the…
Chapter 1 provides an introduction for the project and outlines its goals. This chapter gives the rationale for the project and considers essential background information to understand the unique context of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC). Chapter 1 communicates that the purpos…
This project seeks to increase the discipleship practices of the worship ministry at Park Place Baptist Church in Pearl, Mississippi. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context, rationale, and the methodology for this project. Chapter 2 provides biblical support for the need of the…
This project will encompass the equipping of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministry students at Blue Mountain College with a biblical theology of corporate worship. Chapter 1 discusses the context, rationale, and research methodology for the project. Chapter 2 deals with the bi…
The current worship experience at First Lynnhaven Baptist Church exhibits a need for improvement and effectiveness because the choir worship team is perceivably disconnected from the congregation and lacking a high spiritual quality of attachment to God. The proposed solution is…
This autoethnography gives voice to my personal experience as it compares to the experiences of the representative sample of interviewees and as it enables an anthropological understanding of some of the issues involved in serving in a cross-cultural pastoral appointment, and pa…
This document explores sacred music by women composers for the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) of the Catholic and Christian churches. The study researches exclusively choral and vocal solo music by women composers for the church season of Lent. Other primary limitations include…
This study identifies a spiritual deficit on the part of the believer and the need to transition the believer from a place of spiritual stagnation to spiritual well-being. Through the review of statistical data that identifies spiritual decline in the life of the average believe…
Through the years, each generation of worshipers has conceived throughout their service many beliefs about worship; some inspired by the Holy Spirit, and others, self-proclaimed. Many of these self-acknowledged concepts do not align with biblical truths because instead, they fol…
This dissertation examines the impact of Harold Best’s Music through the Eyes of Faith (1993) and Unceasing Worship: Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts (2003) on seven representative worship authors and educators. Through interviews and close examination of their writ…
"This book contributes to the study of the notions of symbol and icon by examining two phenomena that greatly contributed to their development: the thought of Dionysius the Areopagite and the iconoclastic controversy. Different historical and philosophical-theological contexts a…
Worship in the evangelical church faces challenges regarding its purpose, design, and method of expression. In order to cultivate an authentic community of worshippers, Christians must first strive to understand the biblical basis of worship. Worship is initiated by God and requ…