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Category Archives: experiential worship
Maybe church gets the altar call & the call to worship backwards!
Christianity’s greatest ministry resources are ordinary people, not just ordained ministers. All Christ followers are called to let God transform us from within & make us like Jesus. Christ came not just to get you into Heaven, but also to … Continue reading
Posted in changes in worship, contemporary worship, experiential worship, heart of worship, heart-felt worship, leading worship, new ways to worship, pattern of worship, planning a worship service, praise and worship, public worship, spiritual worship, types of worship, Uncategorized, Worship City, worship innovation, worship leader, worship leading, worship styles
Tagged altar call, Call to Worship, Christianity, church, liturgy, order of worship, worship
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Link to Gloria Gaither’s review of Beyond Church
Check out Gloria Gaither’s review of my book Beyond Church: An Invitation To Experience The Lost Word Of The Bible–Ekklesia in Homecoming Magazine at this link. To get a copy in Kindle or paperback go to Amazon.
Posted in Beyond Church, changes in worship, contemporary worship, enrich your worship, experiential worship, Gospel music, heart of worship, house church, leading worship, music, new ways to worship, order of worship, organic chruch, praise and worship, programming worship, public worship, simple church, spiritual worship, types of worship, Uncategorized, unconventional worship, worship, worship gathering, worship innovation, worship service, worship wars
Tagged Bill Gaither, book review, Gaither Music, Gloria Gaither, Homecoming, magazine, Southern Gospel
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In ekklesia, Christ’s love flows like dominoes toppling
When a group of Christ-followers allows the Spirit to speak through them, prompting them one after another like dominoes toppling (according to 1 Corinthians 14:26), the love of the living, resurrected Jesus Christ is revealed in their meeting. His presence … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, contemporary worship, domino game, domino patterns, experiential worship, heart-felt worship, making church more organic, new ways to worship, order of worship, organic chruch, planning a worship service, public worship, Rube Goldberg, simple church, spiritual worship, types of worship, Uncategorized, unconventional worship, worship innovation, worship styles
Tagged Christianity, church, domino toppling, dominoes, dominos, worship
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Safe Church — Unlocking God’s Glory!
In the New Testament church was awesomely filled with the Presence of God. How can the 21st Century church recover the lost combination for God’s glory in our meetings? While thinking about this, a scene suddenly came to my mind. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, church community, church format, church meetings, church safe, early church, experiencing God, experiential worship, God, God's glory, how to recover a lost combination, lost combination, mysticism, New Testament, New Testament church, organic church, Paul of Tarsus, releasing God's glory, religion, safe in church, tradition, traditional church, worship, worship innovation
Tagged bank vaults, Christianity, church, combination locks, safes
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Did modern innovations in churches create worship wars?
Church innovation has become widespread & refreshing! Guess what is my favorite church innovation. Over the past generation or two, the way of having church in our society has changed a lot as we have seen new ideas creatively introduced … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Rognlien, changes in worship, church meetings, church program, church seating, church services, church speakers, competition, conflict, contemporary Christian music, contemporary church, contemporary society, controversy, debate, definition, experiential worship, house church, how to do church, hymn, hymns, innovation, lip syncing, open church, open sharing, organic church, participatory church, participatory culture, participatory sermons, pew, Power Point, powerpoint, quotation, Quotations, quote, raising hands, simple church, worship, worship dancing, worship drama, worship gathering, worship innovation, worship leader, YouTube
Tagged change, church, contemporary vs. traditional, quotes, worship styles, worship wars
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Let Jesus Lead Us! (Quotes About The Need For Organic/Participatory Church)
“How can you have a dead service with a living Christ?” –Leonard Ravenhill “What did first-century believers do in their worship meetings? Paul gives a description in 1 Corinthians 14:26: ‘When you come together, each of you has a hymn, … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, David Walters, experiencing God, experiential worship, experimental church, Garth Lean, house church, Korea, Liquid Church, living Christ, Mark Batterson, Michael Morrison, open church, open forum, open mic, open mike, open sharing, Oxford Group, participation, participation in church, participatory church, participatory culture, Pete Ward, quotation, Quotations, quote, Robin Parry, spiritual prompting, spiritual training, spirituality, Sun Chae Hwang, worship, worship gathering, worship service
Tagged Christianity, church, Leonard Ravenhill, organic church, quotes, simple church
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Church is Like Breathing (& Other Free Flowing Ideas)
A church meeting is like breathing: 1) Someone can program and control it; or 2) People can let go and let it flow. What would happen if a group of believers would begin to gather, not merely to sing and … Continue reading
Posted in alternative church, alternative lifestyle, American church, American values, church programs, experiencing God, experiential worship, experimental church, faith, faith in God, faith-based, flow, flow of the Spirit, flowing of the Holy Spirit, freedom, God, God's presence, improv, improvisation, innovation, inspiration, led by the Spirit, non-church, non-traditional church, open church, open forum, open mic, open mike, open sharing, simple church
Tagged breathing, church, contemporary culture, God's Not Dead, In God we trust, political correctness, religion
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Dezoc And Roll With The Rock
Many people refuse God because they can’t see Him and they rob themselves of life’s most amazing experiences! What would it look like If God ran loose Flowing filter-free From heart to heart? Perhaps church isn’t really People in pews … Continue reading
Realty TV / Reality Church . . .
Reality church? We have reality TV that features ordinary people. So, why not reality church, where everyday people show and tell why God has done? When church is scripted, the freedom to flow in the Spirit is restricted to the … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, Andy Chamberlain, C. Wess Daniels, Constance M. Cherry, experiential worship, Fuller Seminary, Music City, Nashville, new kind of church, New Testament, open church, open mike, open sharing, order of worship, participation, participation in church, participatory culture, participatory sermons, passivity, pastor, popular culture, quotation, quote, Quotes, religious innovation, Ryan Bolger, Ryan Flanigan, Salvation Army, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, television, TV, TV network, William Willimon, worship, worship center, worship gathering
Tagged Christianity, church, culture, quotations, reality TV, religion
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