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The Music Architect: Blueprints for Engaging Worshipers in Song
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by Constance M. CherryConstance M. Cherry
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Overview
Guidance for Leaders Seeking a Richer Way to Employ Worship MusicWorship expert Constance Cherry offers comprehensive guidance to Christian leaders seeking a deeper, richer way to employ worship music in engaging ways for twenty-first-century worshipers. Following Cherry's successful book The Worship Architect, this work helps Christian leaders think theologically and act pastorally about worship music in their churches. It addresses larger issues beyond the surface struggles of musical styles and provides tools to critically evaluate worship songs. The book is applicable to all Christian traditions and worship styles and is well suited to both the classroom and the local church. Each chapter concludes with suggested practical exercises, recommended reading, and basic vocabulary terms.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801099687 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 07/19/2016 |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Constance M. Cherry (DMin, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of worship and pastoral ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, and a founding faculty member of the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. She speaks and teaches internationally and is a regular adjunct professor at several seminaries. Cherry has also served local churches as a minister of music/worship and as a pastor.
Table of Contents
ContentsPrelude1. Becoming a Pastoral Musician2. Pouring the Footing: God-Focused Song3. Laying the Foundations: Music's Role in Worship4. Selecting Songs for the Movements of Worship: Creating Logical Flow5. Evaluating Worship Music: Creating a Canon of SongInterlude: Introduction to Shorter and Longer Song Forms6. Maximizing Shorter Song Forms7. Maximizing Longer Song Forms8. Discovering the Congregation's Worship Voice: An Alternative Vision for Musical Style9. Leading Congregational Song: Practical Guidance from the Trenches10. Participating in Song as the Body of Christ: Helping Worshipers to Engage through Singing11. Forming Disciples through Song: Worship as Spiritual Formation12. Pursuing Spiritual Leadership through ExcellencePostludeAppendix A: Assessing Your Canon of SongAppendix B: Antiphon for Congregational UseIndexCustomer Reviews
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