Picturing Theology

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P i c t u r i n g T h e o l o g y

A Guide to Determining Your Worship Profile Taken from Robert Webber, Planning Blended Worship, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998

1. Which of the following categories best describes your church? ____ Affected by Catholic and mainline worship renewal

____ Affected by the Pentecostal, charismatic, or praise and worship renewal ____ Affected by the movement to blend traditional and contemporary worship ____ Not affected by any of the worship renewal movements

2. Identify the age make-up of the people in your church ____% of people in our church are boosters (born before 1945)

____% of people in our church are boomers (born between 1945 and 1961) ____% of people in our church are from generation X (born after 1961)

3. Of the 8 common elements of worship renewal, which ones have made an impact on the worship of your church? Evaluate each of the areas on a scale of 1 (least impact) to 10 (most impact). Then take time to discuss those areas that are weakest. a. Our church draws from a biblical understanding of worship. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 b. The worship of our church draws from the past, especially the early Church. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 c. Our church has experienced a new focus on Sunday worship. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 d. Our church draws from the music of the whole Church. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 e. Our church has restored the use of the arts. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 f. Our church follows the calendar of the Christian year effectively. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 g. Our church has experienced the restoration of life in the sacred actions of worship. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 h. The worship of our church empowers its outreach ministries. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10