Emergentys Emerging Worship : Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations

by Dan Kimball

• ISBN13: 9780310256441
• ISBN10: 0310256445
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

Where are the 18- to 35-year-olds? Why isn't the church engaging them? What about our current forms of worship isn't resonating with this group? If the church is to regain relevance with and connect to our rapidly, radically changing culture, it must pioneer new forms of worship and trailblaze alternative worship services for those growing up in this post-Christian age. In his previous book, The Emerging Church, author Dan Kimball discussed the holistic changes needed in our Christian communities as this new millennium unfolds. In his newest effort, Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gathering for New Generations, Kimball ups the ante, focusing specifically on the steps church leaders can take when creating multisensory workship gatherings to reach these young generations. Kimball also unpacks several distinct approaches churches have successfully employed in birthing new worship gatherings, as well as effective ways congregations like yours are structuring their leadership and rethinking church and worship. Emerging Worship will inspire you and equip you in practical ways. As Kimball notes, we must be risk-takers to make changes in our churches. It's time to act; there's too much at stake to sit on the sidelines. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dan Kimball is pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California

Table of Contents

A Foreword	iv
David Crowder
A Foreword	vi
Sally Morgenthaler
Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction: The Emerging Restlessness That Cannot Be Ignored	ix
Part 1
What Is an Emerging Worship Service Gathering?	1	(12)
The Paradox of Creating Alternative Worship Gatherings	13	(12)
Why This Is a Dangerous Book to Read	25	(14)
Reasons to Create a New Worship Gathering	39	(10)
Critical Questions to Ask Before Starting a New Worship Gathering	49	(14)
First Steps Toward Starting a New Worship Gathering	63	(10)
Common Values in Emerging Worship Gatherings	73	(26)
Planning and Creating Multisensory Worship Gatherings	99	(16)
Part 2
Approaches Churches Use to Start New Worship Gatherings	115	(12)
Starting a Life-Stage Outreach Gathering	127	(14)
Creating Life-Stage Worship Gatherings	141	(14)
Creating Multi-Congregational Worship Gatherings	155	(12)
Starting a New Kind of Church	167	(28)
Starting House Church Worship Gatherings	195	(14)
Alternative Worship Gatherings in England	209	(16)
Is Emerging Worship Simply Creating a New Generation of Christian Consumers?	225	(7)
Cover Image Descriptions of Photo Credits	232	(1)
Appendix of Worship Resources	233