The contemporary worship service: boom or bust?

David R Boyd

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The contemporary worship service: boom or bust?

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

David R Boyd. The Contemporary Worship Service: Boom Or Bust?. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/bef877ef-324f-4a21-9768-2334d51d2418.

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D. R. Boyd. The contemporary worship service: boom or bust?. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/bef877ef-324f-4a21-9768-2334d51d2418

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David R Boyd. The Contemporary Worship Service: Boom Or Bust?. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/bef877ef-324f-4a21-9768-2334d51d2418.

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David R Boyd

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In recent years many mid-size and larger churches have attempted to reach groups of un-churched individuals using contemporary worship as a major tool in their evangelism effort. This project begins by exploring the theological reasoning behind this endeavor and the conflict it has brought to Christian communities that worship together, examining the definition of worship and investigating if contemporary worship is really worship or if it is an evangelism event outside the category of worship. The process of collecting data for this study was trough the case study model using information from interviews of pastors and members of various worshiping communities, examining the implementation of contemporary service 'starts.' The study includes those services that are successful and those that have not been. Churches that exclusively use a contemporary service format and churches that have added contemporary services to the worship offerings of an existing service schedule are included in the project. Each of these service types is examined independently since there are often considerable differences between these initiating congregations. While United Methodist Churches have taken preference in the study, denominations whose worship services are similar to those found in the United Methodist tradition have also been included.

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