Sent and Gathered: A Worship Manual for the Missional Church

by Clayton J. Schmit

Overview

Historic changes are occurring in the convergence of worship styles throughout the Christian church. Christians across the theological spectrum are seeking to learn from their own tradition's roots and from the liturgical expressions of believers in other times and places.

Here worship expert Clayton Schmit examines worship in church settings around the globe and provides a practical manual for shaping liturgies that are informed by and relevant to contemporary missional contexts. The book broadens current ecumenical worship conversations, reveals insights drawn from the church at worship in the world, and argues for a common understanding of a theology of worship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801031656
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/01/2009
Series:	Engaging Worship
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Clayton J. Schmit (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is the provost of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Lenoir-Rhyne University, in Columbia, South Carolina. He formerly served as academic director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts and the Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Professor of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, he is the author of Too Deep for Words: A Theology of Liturgical Expression.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1
1. Foundations
2. Sending Is Mission
3. There Is a River
4. Worship and the Arts
5. Worship Is Communication
6. Extraordinary Worship
Part 2: A Worship Manual for the Missional Church
7. The Sending
8. The Gathering
9. The Word
10. The Sacraments
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography