PUTTING AN END TO WORSHIP WARS - Elmer Towns

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When introducing cell groups to your church, it is important to establish a receptiveness to the idea. Some churches have quickly moved into a cell group ministry which quickly degenerated into a cliques and factions. As a result, sometimes even the name "cell" is accompanied by negative connotations which must be overcome. One pastor used the acronym HOME groups which stood for Homes Open for Ministry and Evangelism. A church opposed to cell groups was willing to embrace HOME groups. Dale Galloway, former pastor of New Hope Community Church, Portland, Oregon, calls his cells TLC Cells, which stand for Tender Loving Care Cells. Christians need to be taught the value of cell groups before they are likely to become involved. Many pastors have conditioned their church to be receptive to this approach to ministry by teaching and preaching on the "one another" ministries identified in the New Testament. The focus of such a preaching series is to demonstrate that intimate involvement in the lives of fellow believers was part of the norm of New Testament Christianity. These types of ministries can best be accomplished through cell group ministries.
CHAPTER NINE THE LITURGICAL CHURCH About five minutes before eleven, the congregation begins silently finding their place in the pews of the old church at the corner of Main and Washington Streets. The sun filters through the stained-glass windows. For the past fifteen minutes, the organist has taken her place in the balcony and has been softly playing arrangements from Mozart's more familiar themes. With bowed heads, those gathered in the pews below are aware of the soothing music as they reflect on the activities of recent days and prepare their hearts to worship God. Atmospheric worship is important in the Liturgical Church. Children do not run nor talk in the sanctuary, because it is the Lord's house, i.e. the presence of God. People do not whisper nor is their irreverent motion in the sanctuary. Two ladies sit together back on the left. They had spent much of the weekend together. On Friday evening they had joined four other ladies in the church to sort out clothing which had been donated for a special missions project in Mexico. A letter from the niece of the older lady had alerted the group to the effort to clothe a group of children in a village where the factory had closed six months earlier. As they packed the clothes, each of the ladies in the mission's circle had expressed surprise at how much had come in from the church. Corporate donations from several businesses owned by church members would certainly cover the cost of transporting the boxes of clothes quickly to the missionaries who would distribute them to those who needed them most. They were again reminded of the generosity of the church late Saturday morning as they helped stock the shelves of the church food bank. While member donations of canned goods, cereals and powdered milk were helpful, these ladies were also aware of the food vouchers from a neighborhood grocery store which were included in each box. Although the minister had not indicated how the church had obtained them, they had it on good authority that the regular gift from the grocery store was the result of the minister's personal efforts to insure the poor in the community had groceries. On the second row, the thirty-two year old man sitting with his wife and children was thinking about the Monday evening little league ball game he would be coaching. As a child he had enjoyed baseball and dreamed of someday playing for the Yankees. He never did play the game well enough to entertain such hopes. A couple of summers ago he began assisting the coach of his son's ball team. Although his involvement as an elder in the church kept him busy, he felt it was important to take time to help young boys pursue their dreams of playing for the Yankees. He knew his other responsibilities at the church would not excuse him from this summer project. As eleven o'clock approached, the robed choir took their place on either side of the platform. They were followed by the minister who was wearing his distinctive Geneva preaching
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PUTTING AN END TO WORSHIP WARS By E
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INTRODUCTION Since this is a book a
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True worship involves change and it
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under Martin Luther was a reformati
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these names represented a sect, an
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A similar variety of consumer optio
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SIX WORSHIP STYLES 1. The Evangelis
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The pastors told me they had not ch
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The Liturgical Church eagerly carri
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The average Christian knows about a
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So, let's learn what we need to kno
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young people from my church were co
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Dallas taught me to preach differen
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Page 29 and 30: The third question I ask my student
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Worship is the exercise of the mind
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Dawn, Marva. Reaching Out Without D
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Morgenthaller, Sally. Worship Evang
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