Don't "Dumb Down" Worship

Whitney Hopler

Some churches will do whatever it takes to attract new people. But if they focus their worship services on people rather than on God, they're not letting people truly encounter Him.

Here are some ways churches can design the type of worship services that help people experience more of God's presence:

Adapted from Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for this Urgent Time, copyright 1995 by Marva J. Dawn. Published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., www.eerdmans.com, 1-800-253-7521.

Marva J. Dawn is a theologian, author and educator with Christians Equipped for Ministry, Vancouver, Wash., and Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

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