The Bookshelf
Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship
by Thomas G. Long
(Alban Institute, 2001)Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship identifies nine characteristics of churches that are finding their way beyond the current extremes of traditional and contemporary worship. A book for real churches!
Order from The Alban Institute.
In Spirit & Truth: United Methodist Worship for the Emerging Church
by L. Edward and Sara Webb Phillips
(Discipleship Resources, 2001)In Spirit & Truth: United Methodist Worship for the Emerging Church gives the reader confidence that United Methodists have the "right stuff" and that we need to be using it. Or as the authors put it, "worship is about what God does in us and our ritual connects us to that work of God."
Click here for an online review of In Spirit & Truth: United Methodist Worship for the Emerging Church.
An online study guide for the book is available.
To order the book, call 1-800-685-4370 or go to the Discipleship Resources online bookstore.