Whole Life Worship: Empowering Disciples For The Frontline
Ebook
Overview
For worship leaders looking to deepen their calling, or anyone looking for a new way to praise God. Take worship beyond the music with this book that lays the groundwork for a new way to see worship: not as a lyric, but as a lifestyle. Whole Life Worship is an empowering read, and filled with a hearth to transform whole lives by shifting our limiting mindset of worship being restricted to one day.
A continuation of the LICC series begun by Neil Hudson’s Imagine Church.
Whole Life Worship will demonstrate that the contemporary Western Church has reached a point where our “gathered” worship is separated from our “scattered” lives outside of church. This is detrimental to the congregation’s spiritual development and their effectiveness on their “frontlines". Church worship should be inspired and informed by our everyday experiences. It should empower and send the congregation out to continue worshipping. The book will provide patterns and resources to better connect gathered worship with the lives of the congregation beyond church meetings.
The book will unpack a biblical grounding for both gathered and scattered worship. It will then identify patterns within our gathered services which help us re-make these connections. It will provide practical resources such as songs, prayers and activities which can help churches connect Sunday to the rest of the week. It will draw examples and stories from other church streams and traditions, to demonstrate how different kinds of Christian spirituality engage worshipfully with everyday life. In the second half of the book is a practical resource looking specifically at different aspects of a gathered service, and how each one can have an "outward” dimension.
Part 1: Foundations and frameworks
1. Worship and the frontline 3
Andy’s story 3
Healing the split 4
When God’s world bumps you on the head 6
The frontline culture shift 8
Non-stop soul shaping 10
2. All of life can be worship 13
Whole-life worship 13
Worship in the Bible 14
Sacrifices of lips and hands 17
Gathered and scattered worship 20
3. Does gathered worship matter? 22
Should we stay or should we go? 22
Early church gatherings 25
Why gather? 25
4. Is Your worship 3D? 30
Three-dimensional worship 30
‘Vertical’ gathered worship 32
‘Horizontal’ gathered worship 34
‘Third dimension’ gathered worship 36
5. New journeys of worship 40
What are your patterns? 40
Patterns through church history 42
Contemporary/charismatic patterns of worship 43
Issues of style 46
6. The language of songs 50
Lyrics and real life 50
Duelling with dualism 52
1. Creation and fall 53
2. Incarnation 56
3. Cross and resurrection 58
4. Eternal hope 61
Part 2: Practical examples
Introduction to part 2 67
Bearing fruit 67
Focus on gathered resources 70
7. Gathering 72
Starting right 72
The vertical dimension 73
The horizontal dimension 75
The third dimension 80
8. Praise 83
Glorious praise 83
Praise in the third dimension 84
General and specific praise 85
Praise in the scattered place 88
9. Bible reading 90
Worshipping with the Bible 90
Integration with preaching 97
10. Corporate prayer 99
Standing in the need of prayer 99
The visual way of praying 103
In the hardest times 105
11. Confession of sin 107
The hardest word? 107
Assurance of forgiveness 110
Reconciliation with others 111
12. Testimony 114
Frontline stories 114
Direct frontline links 118
13. Offering 120
The gift of giving 120
1. All good gifts come from God 121
2. All worship and service is a grateful ‘giving back’ 124
3. What we give in gathered worship can be a symbol of our wider giving 125
4. Our giving is partnering with God
in the renewal of all things 126
14. The Lord’s Table 128
Transforming table 128
A community of radical hospitality 129
Physical creation graced by God 132
Engaging with a bigger story 133
15. Response 136
Two-way conversation 136
Receiving from God 140
Commissioning prayer 142
16. Sending 145
An ending, or a beginning 145
Purposeful words 146
Songs 149
17. First steps forward 153
Evolution, not revolution 153
Low-hanging fruit 155
Do it in a team 155
Mix understanding with experiences 156
Have grace to make mistakes 157
- Title: Whole Life Worship: Empowering Disciples For The Frontline
- Authors: Sam Hargreaves, Sara Hargreaves
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 216
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781783595129, 9781783595112, 1783595116, 1783595124
- Resource ID: LLS:9781783595129
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-07-12T12:45:33Z