Ritual category: 1070 books
by Steve Phifer
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
A Training Course for Worship Team Ministry.
More than Music: Becoming a Highly Effective Worship Team is a biblically sound presentation of why and how singers, instrumentalists, and technicians can come together to lead the People of God in corporate worship. Team members are shown how to find...
From a Mustard Seed
Enlivening Worship and Music in the Small Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Small congregations can have beautiful worship! In From a Mustard Seed: Enlivening Worship and Music in the Small Church, an experienced pastor-professor and an experienced church musician provide a model for faithful and excellent worship in congregations that average 75 or fewer people in weekly...
REdesigning Churches
Creating Spaces for Connection and Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
As campus designer for Ginghamsburg Church, in Tipp City, Ohio, Kim Miller has observed that when a church gets serious about Jesus' call, there is always a design element to be addressed. Kim asserts that physical space transformation is simply a backdrop for authentic people transformation. Change...
Sinai in the Sanctuary
A Mountain Theology
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Experience the presence of God like Moses did on Mt. Sinai. God is very close. His voice is clearer than you think. People search for who they are and why they are here. We hunger for God’s voice, but don’t know how to hear Him. We are willing to worship at a distance, but are we willing to ascend...
The Early Byzantine Christian Church
An Archaeological Re-assessment of Forty-Seven Early Byzantine Basilical Church Excavations Primarily in Israel and Jordan, and their Historical and Liturgical Context
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
The observation that domestic artefacts are often recovered during church excavations led to an archaeological re-assessment of forty-seven Early Byzantine basilical church excavations and their historical, gender and liturgical context. The excavations were restricted to the three most common basilical...
by William M. Kondrath
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2013
Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings is a companion collection to Facing Feelings in Faith Communities by William Kondrath. This collection of practical applications for congregational situations in which exercising greater emotional competence will improve both our understanding of what is happening and the effectiveness of our actions and those of others.
by Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Based on the Revised Common Lectionary and broadly ecumenical, this addition to the Just In Time! series provides creative liturgies, sermon helps, and prayers for Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday, and the 40 days of Easter.
by Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
In a brief introductory chapter, the author addresses the question of why we need to confess our sins, and offers three reflections in response: Sin as Pride, Sin as Violation of Boundaries, Sin and the Possibility of Forgiveness. The book includes seventy prayers of confession and words of assurance,...
A Diagram for Fire
Miracles and Variation in an American Charismatic Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
What is the work that miracles do in American Charismatic Evangelicalism? How can miracles be unanticipated and yet worked for? And finally, what do miracles tell us about other kinds of Christianity and even the category of religion? A Diagram for Fire engages with these questions in a detailed sociocultural...
by Raymond Tripi
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2015
To be a "Worship Leader" is to have a unique calling. Those who are not involved with the worship ministry many times misunderstand the role and function of a worship leader. Sometimes, the worship leader misunderstands their role, themselves.Worship ministry has expanded from being just song and...
Awakening Pure Worship
Cultivating a Closer Friendship with God
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Find Your Way to Greater Closeness with God
Jeff Deyo invites you into a conversation about worship in a book that was written for anyone seeking to experience the Lord in a deeper way.
Does God’s presence seem distant? Do you have a friend who has grown numb to the things of God?...
by Collins Enyeribe
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
For a genuine Christian Holy Communion is a double-edged sword. It must be taken worthily on regular basis. If you take it worthily you reap the benefits. If you take it without discernment you can fall sick. If you don’t take it at all you are disobeying a direct commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ...
by Luigi Martinelli
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 12, 2014
“Le forme del sacro. La performance del rito romano” è lo sviluppo ulteriore della tesi di laurea che l’autore ha discusso nel 2011 presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Brescia. Il testo è una ricerca antropologica che vuole analizzare la ritualità cattolica, comparando la...
Pure Praise (Revised)
A Heart-Focused Bible Study on Worship
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
By Dwayne Moore Experience deep, authentic worship... Sometimes worship feels like it’s on autopilot. This nine-week study inspires new passion and understanding of what genuine worship looks and feels like. Each lesson encourages you to turn to the Bible while allowing your heart and mind to meditate...