The Future Is in the Past Young Christians and non-Christians alike are drawn to historically rooted worship. Brandon O'Brien
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The American church is changing. A generation ago, there were large churches and small churches; but for the most part, they all fell into traditional, denominational categories. That is no longer the case. Now there are emergent churches, missional churches, home, pub, and coffeehouse churches. Denominational distinctives are increasingly held in low regard. In the midst of the change, one major ...
ARTICLE A Deeper Relevance Liturgy can take our worship to new places, and we don’t have to re-invent the wheel to get there. Mark Galli
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A recent book on the missional church argues that we need to "reinvent the church" in "revolutionary" ways so that we can "incarnate the gospel within a specific cultural context." Many churches are trying to do just that. Yet, it is precisely the point of the liturgy to take people beyond their cultural contexts and show them that, despite appearances, the last thing in the world they need is more ...
Liturgy and Personal Devotion How one Christian college professor has seen liturgy enhance worship. Dinelle Frankland
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What was a non-denominational girl like me doing in a place like this?
I had been warned: there would be kneeling, recitations, processions, and vestments; there would be going forward for the Lord's Supper. But no amount of information could have prepared me for the reality. I felt so out of place. Honestly, I had been led to believe that there was something wrong with this type of worship service, ...
"It took me a few weeks to figure out why I was drawn to your church," said Cheryl. "I realized that your liturgy teaches me how to worship. Every week I am learning how to listen and respond to God."
Our church, Life on the Vine Christian Community (LOV), is a small, liturgical, missional church in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Over the last three years, I've come to see how each element of our ...
Of Christendom's many creeds, the best known and most used are the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. Though the apostles did not write it, the Apostles' Creed evolved as a way for the early church to transmit the basic structure of biblical faith.
In the fourth century, a council of bishops wrote the Nicene Creed to refute the heresy that Jesus was human but not fully God. They wrote:
Humans keep track of time and seasons by following calendars; they establish rhythms in our lives. For example, the year kicks off with New Year's Day; school ends around Memorial Day and begins again around Labor Day; the year ends just after Christmas. Then it all starts again. Throughout the year we commemorate special events (Independence Day) and special people (Mother's ...
Our Journey Into Tradition How a Vineyard church adopted liturgy and, in the process, stayed faithful to its mission. Dan Rak
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John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard movement that our church belongs to, was known for telling Vineyard pastors to "take the best and go." In so doing, he encouraged us to not be frozen in time by continuing to do church in the same manner as we did it before. He was convinced that the message of the gospel was timeless and unchangeable, but that the medium of delivery needed to adapt to a constantly ...
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