Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New GenerationsChurches are aging. Even among megachurches with their modern technology and huge number of members, whole generations are now missing. In order to reach the 18-35 year olds, churches need to incorporate alternative worship services into their ministries that meet the unique needs of the emerging generations.In a conversational, narrative style, author Dan Kimball guides church leaders on how to create alternative services from start to finish. Using anecdotes from his own experience at Graceland, Kimball presents six creative models, providing real-life examples of each type. Emerging Worship covers key topics including• Developing a prayer team• Evaluating the local mission field and context• Determining leaders and a vision-based team• Understanding why youth pastors are usually the ideal staff to start a new service• Recognizing the difference in values between emerging worship and the rest of the church• Asking critical questions beforehand |
Contents
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Why This Is a Dangerous Book to Read | 25 |
Reasons to Create a New Worship Gathering | 39 |
First Steps Toward Starting a New Worship Gathering | 63 |
Planning and Creating Multisensory Worship Gatherings | 99 |
Approaches Churches Use to Start New Worship Gatherings | 115 |
Creating LifeStage Worship Gatherings | 141 |
Creating MultiCongregational Worship Gatherings | 155 |
Starting House Church Worship Gatherings | 195 |
Alternative Worship Gatherings in England | 209 |
Is Emerging Worship Simply Creating a New Generation of Christian Consumers? | 225 |
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Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations Dan Kimball No preview available - 2004 |
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