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What is Worship?

The Bible talks about worship in three ways: as an act of praise and adoration, as a public event, and as service in all of life (read more about this here.) The resources below focus mostly on the second meaning: Christian worship as a regular public ritual event in a community of believers. But all three meanings help inform what we do as worshiping communities.

Themes and Metaphors

Worship is ... covenant renewal.

Worship is ... language school.

Worship is ... transcultural, contextual, counter-cultural, and cross-cultural.

Worship is ... biblical, dialogic, covenantal, Trinitarian, communal, hospitable ....

Convictions and Questions

Our ten convictions about worship lead to new questions about what worship means and how we can practice it most vitally.

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