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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Book Review: The Great Commission to Worship Submitted to Dr. Austin Tucker / Instructor of Practical Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of EVAN525 – D20 Contemporary Evangelism by Richard Dennis November 17, 2014 In their book The Great Commission to Worship: Biblical Principles for Worship-Based Evangelism, authors David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley contribute their respective expertise in evangelism and worship in an attempt to synthesize the two categories by showing each fundamental imperative of the Christian disciple to be integral to and an outflow of the other. The impetus for evangelism par excellence is the â€Å"great commission†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦Loving and worshiping God began to be more and more part of my daily thinking, motives, actions, and decisions. Years later in this process of growth, I was blessed with a summer internship at a larger congregation in Dallas, Texas. Although I grew from my relationships and from the mentorship I received, I also observed that the bulk of the ministry meetings focused on changing and adapting our church’s corporate worship to be more and more â€Å"seeker sensitive.† The thought was that corporate worship was something malleable that could be altered into something more like the culture of the surrounding neighborhood, so people would want to come. â€Å"After all,† so the thinking went, â€Å"scripture provided only a rough guideline as to what the church is to do when coming together and there is little-to-no reason to keep intact what past generations did or passed down.† In essence, we sought to form our corporate worship for the purpose of evangelism. I believed that the important thing to focus on is love of God, love of neighbor, and piety. Something in the line of reasoning that insisted on changing the community worship ritual to reflect the world didn’t feel right to me, yet I could not articulate what it was. Several months later I visited an Eastern Orthodox Church as part of a course on Christian spiritual development and after a didacticShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Book The Great Commission 1735 Words   |  7 Pages4MAT Book Review - The Great Commission to Worship Todd Bush Liberty University EVAN 525-B08: Contemporary Evangelism May 29, 2016 Abstract The question may be asked, â€Å"what is the essence of being a Great Commission Worshipper?† David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley provides subtle element of what the significance is to being a Great Commission Worshipper – a man absolutely and similarly dedicated to evangelism and worship – and an otherworldly procedure that is formational, transformationalRead MoreTrinitarian Baptismal Formula1231 Words   |  5 Pagestherefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.† As soon as they received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the disciples began to carry out that order. 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