Baptists and Worship
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Worship is dialogue. It is more than that, but it is not less than that. The way Baptists have worshiped for three and a half centuries demonstrates this consistently, in spite of their penchant for freedom and autonomy. No one tells Baptists how to order their worship services. They don’t have a common liturgy that they must follow, and yet their services look remarkably similar. This is largely due to two controlling factors in their worship: The Bible that they embrace as inspired, inerrant, authoritative, and sufficient; and the Christ-revealing gospel that is contained within its pages. When the word of God is followed closely, a shape for worship order begins to emerge. It is the same “gospel-shape” that is found throughout the Bible. When the word of God is applied to a worship service in which God and his people are engaged in a worship conversation, a consistent contour of gospel elements and content begins to emerge that reveals the glory of the Christ we gather to worship. He is so glorious that when we behold him, we are transformed into the same image from one degree to another. This is the power of corporate worship (2 Cor 3).
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- Shows how the word of God is applied to a worship service.
- Reveals the glory of the Christ we gather to worship.
- Explores the power of corporate worship.
This wonderful contribution uncovers the rich history of corporate worship Baptists have inherited, suggests biblical applications to our practices today, and marks a well-worn path for our children to follow in the future. While uniquely helpful to those in worship leadership, anyone interested in understanding how the gospel shapes our practice of worship will benefit from this work.
—Matt Boswell, hymn-writer; pastor, The Trails Church; and Assistant Professor of Church Music and Worship, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Scott Connell has given us a wonderful resource on Baptist worship in North America. His in-depth historical research provides great insight to worship practice among Baptists from the seventeenth century to present. Anyone interested in understanding the roots of Baptist worship practice and how this impacts our worship today needs to read this book.
—Greg Brewton, Department Chair for Biblical Worship, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr. Connell is Baptist by conviction, so it’s understandable that the culmination of his studied journey and personal devotion would be a monograph that is a synthesis of Baptist liturgical tradition in North America and the theology of worship mined from Isaiah 6 and Christ’s transfiguration account in Mark 9. Sitting Beneath the Gospel’s Joyful Sound is a must-read for serious students of worship and those charged with developing worship services that form the heart and transform the mind to the image of Christ.
—Chuck T. Lewis, Associate Dean and Professor of Church Music and Worship, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Title: Baptists and Worship: Sitting Beneath the Gospel’s Joyful Sound
- Authors: R. Scott Connell, Michael A. G. Haykin
- Series: Monographs in Baptist History
- Volume: 14
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 282
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Public worship › Baptists--History; Worship › History; Baptists › North America--History
- ISBNs: 9781725271593, 9781725271579, 9781725271586, 1725271591, 1725271575, 1725271583
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725271593
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-05T19:06:16Z