Description
Book SynopsisA leading author and worship expert offers comprehensive guidance to Christian leaders seeking a deeper, richer way to employ worship music in engaging ways for 21st-century worshipers.
Table of ContentsContents
Prelude
1. Becoming a Pastoral Musician
2. Pouring the Footing:
God-Focused Song
3. Laying the Foundations:
Music's Role in Worship
4. Selecting Songs for the Movements of Worship:
Creating Logical Flow
5. Evaluating Worship Music:
Creating a Canon of Song
Interlude:
Introduction to Shorter and Longer Song Forms
6. Maximizing Shorter Song Forms
7. Maximizing Longer Song Forms
8. Discovering the Congregation's Worship Voice:
An Alternative Vision for Musical Style
9. Leading Congregational Song:
Practical Guidance from the Trenches
10. Participating in Song as the Body of Christ:
Helping Worshipers to Engage through Singing
11. Forming Disciples through Song:
Worship as Spiritual Formation
12. Pursuing Spiritual Leadership through Excellence
Postlude
Appendix A: Assessing Your Canon of Song
Appendix B: Antiphon for Congregational Use
Index
