Practicing Christian Leadership, Student Workbook, SW11

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P R A C T I C I N G C H R I S T I A N L E A D E R S H I P

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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. b. The worship of our church draws from the past, especially the early Church. c. Our church has experienced a new focus on Sunday worship.

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d. Our church draws from the music of the whole Church.

e. Our church has restored the use of the arts.

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f. Our church follows the calendar of the Christian year effectively. g. Our church has experienced the restoration of life in the sacred actions of worship. h. The worship of our church empowers its outreach ministries.

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