Overview

The Way of Worship: A Guide to Living and Leading Authentic Worship
by Michael Neale & Vernon M. Whaley

A comprehensive and practical introduction that guides students, worship leaders, and pastors through a biblical theology of worship, informing and encouraging worship leaders, and inspiring the public and private lives of worshippers.

Concise, well written, and thoroughly researched, The Way of Worship provides a biblical theology of worship, as well as a practical manual for practicing private and public worship as a way of life. It includes individual and group discussion questions and activities that enable readers to immediately apply what they are learning. Uniquely designed to lend a helping hand to those realizing and answering the calling of God on their lives to lead worship, this manual serves as a helpful reference for teachers of worship, combining biblical teaching with pedagogical application of worship principles.

At its core, The Way of Worship is a practical, hands-on guide for college or seminary students, worship leaders, pastors, and youth pastors seeking to better equip themselves as worshipers. Teachers and professors can use it as a teaching resource for the classroom, while pastors will discover a long-needed tool for providing interpretation and clarification of biblical principles for worship in an ever-changing culture. Students will find a consistent tool to use in communicating Biblical principles for worship to their friends.

Each chapter takes you on a journey of discovery through different important facets of worship. Each chapter features:

• River Story: Episodes in each chapter take you on a white-water rafting adventure and draw connections to the role of a worship leader
• Biblical Application: Provides concrete application of biblical principles to worship based on the most recent episode of the River Story
• Essential Wisdom: Addresses important issues facing worship leaders on a week-to-week basis
• Scripture Focused: Every chapter features an abundance of relevant Scripture passages to help you understand what the Bible really says about worship

Engaging, wise, and thoroughly steeped in Scripture, The Way of Worship is the go-to guide for Christians who desire to live and lead authentic worship.

Product Details

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780310104049
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Pub. Date: April 14, 2020

Meet the Author

Michael Neale is a Dove Award-winning songwriter, worship leader and national best- selling author influencing a generation of worshipers and creators in the local church. His mission is to create an atmosphere where people experience God through songs and stories. Michael and his wife, Leah, live in Plano, Texas with their three children.

Dr. Vernon M. Whaley is director of the Center for Worship and chairman of the department of Music and Worship Studies at Liberty University. He is also president of Integra Music Group and author of such books as Understanding Music and Worship in the Local Church and Called to Worship.