Category Archives: Evangelical Liturgy

For beginners, read the Introduction to this series, then visit the categories menu and hit “Evangelical Liturgy” for all previous entries. In a sentence, I’m walking through all the parts of the traditional Protestant worship service and discussing the value of recovering our own liturgical tradition. The children’s sermon is certainly the most innovative andContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 10: The Children’s Sermon”

For beginners, read the Introduction to this series, then visit the categories menu and hit “Evangelical Liturgy” for all previous entries. In a sentence, I’m walking through all the parts of the traditional Protestant worship service and discussing the value of recovering our own liturgical tradition. Singing. Oh yes….singing. I love to sing. I learnedContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 9: Singing.”

For beginners, read the Introduction to this series, then visit the categories menu and hit “Evangelical Liturgy” for all previous entries. In a sentence, I’m walking through all the parts of the traditional Protestant worship service and discussing the value of recovering our own liturgical tradition. In March 07, I wrote “The Strange Case ofContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 8: The Public Reading of Scripture”

Another good example of Evangelical/Protestant liturgy. This from the First Baptist Church, Edmonton, Alberta. This one is a very complete example of the kind of Protestant liturgy I have in mind as we work through these components.

A reader has sent along an order of service from a shared worship gathering of two Protestant churches, and you can see many of the elements we are discussing. I’d love to see other orders of service from the Protestant/evangelical side illustrating all or parts of the evangelical liturgy, especially if you are a BaptistContinue reading “The Evangelical/Protestant Liturgy: Example 1”

Like I said Lutherans (and Anglicans and Methodists and…), get with it on the missional thing please. A lot of evangelicals need you. BTW, the “Evangelical Liturgy” series in on its way back. Don’t fret.

In most Protestant and evangelical worship services there is some kind of a transition from non-worship time to worship time. Though this is among the least essential elements of worship, this “prelude” serves a number of helpful functions. Protestants have an uneven record on treating a worship space/time as a time of focused, prayerful responseContinue reading “The Evangelical Liturgy 5: The Prelude”