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    The Historical Evolution of Christian Worship: A Call to Worship
    The Historical Evolution of Christian Worship: A Call to Worship
    The Historical Evolution of Christian Worship: A Call to Worship
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    The Historical Evolution of Christian Worship: A Call to Worship

    By Mary R. Winters D. Min. Ph.D.

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    Historical Evolution of Christian Worship will present the Origin of Worship.

    Praise is the prelude to worship and our entrance into God’s presence.
    This is the point of true worship

    WE HEAR, WE PROCLAIM AND WE RESPOND

    WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP?

    WHY DO WE WORSHIP?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateApr 12, 2021
    ISBN9781664227767
    The Historical Evolution of Christian Worship: A Call to Worship
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    Mary R. Winters D. Min. Ph.D.

    Dr. Mary R. Winters, raised in Richmond, Virginia graduated from Charles City High School; graduate of Virginia Union University School of Theology, The Evan Smith Institute, with a Certificate in Christian Education in May17, 1997; Saint Paul’s College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, (BS) Organizational Management Program (OMP) graduated May 9, 1999. Thereafter, entered the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia (VA Hospital) (clinical hours) and received a Certificate of Training in 1999, she also received Certification, Creation Therapy Counseling, Family Bible University, Baltimore, Maryland in 1999. She received a Master of Divinity in Counseling at Family Bible University; Baltimore, Maryland; May 2000 and entered the Doctoral Program at Eastern North Carolina Theological Institute, Weldon, North Carolina, received, Doctor of Ministry Degree (Worship Studies) in July 2003. Continued studies in Clinical Pastoral Counseling and received, Ph.D. in Integrated Marriage, Family Counseling and Group Therapy from Family Bible University; Baltimore, Maryland, in April 16, 2005. Dr. Winters served on the Board of Christian Education, facilitator of the Insight to Freedom Relationship Seminar, Volunteer Minister at the Parham Rehabilitation Center and Chaplain at the McGuire Hospital of Richmond, Virginia She is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor and provided services to Barnabas Counseling Center, Richmond, Virginia and Assistant Pastor at Friendship Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Winters was Senior Administrator and Founder of Mary and Martha Christian Academy. She established home and school relations for K-12 Grades, conducting counseling session with parents and students. Dr. Winters also established school policies and procedures. She provided an Individualized approach to learning and a Christian Education that would reach out to our youth challenging them to maximize their full potential, spiritually, cognitively and emotionally, to be all that they were intended to be. Dr. Winters has over 19yrs of experience.

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      The Historical Evolution of Christian Worship - Mary R. Winters D. Min. Ph.D.

      Copyright © 2021 Mary R. Winters, D. Min, Ph.D.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or

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      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 The Nature of Worship

      Chapter 2 Proponents of Worship

      Chapter 3 Tabernacle of Moses

      Chapter 4 The Tabernacle of David

      Chapter 5 The Great Temples of Jerusalem

      Chapter 6 The 400 Years between the Old and New Testaments

      Chapter 7 Purpose and Significance of the Synagogue

      Chapter 8 Twentieth-Century Worship

      Conclusion

      Bibliography

      Celebration of life

      In memory of Mary R. Winters, Ph.D.

      Don’t let life’s tribulations root in your heart.

      This book is

      dedicated to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave me the inspiration to write it. Without Him, this book would have been impossible.

      I also dedicate this book to my husband, my daughter, my son-in-law, and my granddaughter—Dr. Virgil Winters, Jemiah, Tevin, and Maliyah—and my siblings: Linda, Faye, Gail, and Angeline.

      Throughout my ministry and education, my family has been the rock on which I stand. They have supported me in all my endeavors. I have awaited their wisdom and looked to them for encouragement.

      My husband is such a patient and understanding man. He has been the cornerstone in our family. I love you, honey, for thirty-eight years of marriage that seem like yesterday. I appreciate you for allowing me the time to do what God has ordained me to do.

      I thank God for my wonderful parents, Thomas and Evangeline Roberson, who always saw something good in the things God was birthing out of me. They were always there to say, Good job. We’re praying for you! Now, they’re looking from heaven, and I hear the encouraging words they would always say.

      PREFACE

      Discussions regarding the evolution of man launch a specific direction of people’s understanding on a regular basis. The political, global, and faith-based implications of its lessons sound clearly through the media. What is this great Christian nation to do, regarding such a publicized yet essential debate?

      Do we clearly stand firm in the Christian belief that furnishes God as our sole creator and author of a complex world we call life? From a Christian perspective, the arguments are not easy, but the answers and truth are easily defined: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

      Evolution has been defined as the development of life from lower to higher forms. How could a straightforward and forceful description be described in regard to the products of evolution?

      As Christians describe evolution as God’s creation, would the same developmental pattern be applicable to evolution’s worship to its creator?

      When did worship of God begin, and has it grown or diminished in its effect, value, and purpose? Does worship grow, or is it complete in its initial introduced form? What about the variation of worship among various cultures and religions?

      Worship today has developed from a rich culture of combining worship of yesterday with how God is setting up worship for tomorrow. The appreciation for God is an ever-growing process, as we are simply individuals who are not made but are being made every day. Simply stated, Christian worship is a completed assignment with a growing work.

      The procession, as preparation for worship, began in the fourth century. Worship in that century began to reflect local culture. This particularly was true of Eastern Christian worship. The Eastern worldview was informed by Hellenistic love for the appreciation of beauty. The contribution of this culture was poetry, literature, art, and philosophy. That worship, shaped by the Hellenistic imagination, is evident in the extensive use of ceremonial signs and symbols in Eastern worship.

      In the praise-and-worship movement, the order of the service—the swing from praise to worship—is patterned after the movement in the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, from the outer court to the inner court and then into the holy of holies. All of these steps are accomplished through song.

      In recent years, many contemporary churches, most of which were birthed out of the rise of the praise-and-worship tradition or influenced by the charismatic tradition, have introduced a whole new approach to the assembling of people for worship.

      Because we are living in a time of transition in worship, it is important to pay careful attention to the acts of worship that assemble the people. There was a time when the pattern of assembling was predictable, but that is no longer true. As a congregation begins to develop a new pattern, it should keep in mind that the essential nature of the assembling of the people is a divine call and a human response. The entire experience of worship is a symbolic meeting with God, in which the eternal covenant, established by Jesus Christ, is reaffirmed in the physical action of worship. Therefore, Christians proclaim, by word and rite, Christ’s death and Resurrection. They respond in faith with praise and thanksgiving. This is why worship necessitates forms and signs.

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      INTRODUCTION

      The procession, as preparation for worship, began in the fourth century. Worship in that century began to reflect local culture. This particularly was true of Eastern Christian worship. The Eastern worldview was informed by the Hellenistic love for the aesthetic. They were sensitive to art and beauty. The contributions of this culture were poetry, literature, art, and philosophy. That worship, shaped by the Hellenistic imagination, is evident in the extensive use of ceremonial signs and symbols in Eastern worship.

      In the praise-and-worship movement, the order of the service—the swing from praise to worship—is patterned after the movement in the Old Testament tabernacle and temple, from the outer court to the inner court and then into the holy of holies. All of these steps are accomplished through songs.

      In recent years, many contemporary churches, most of which were birthed out of the rise of the praise-and-worship tradition or influenced by the charismatic tradition, have introduced a whole new approach to the assembling of people for worship.

      Because we are living in a time of transition in worship, it is important to pay careful attention to acts of worship that assemble the people the people. There was a time when the pattern of assembling was predictable, but that is no longer true. As a congregation begins to develop new patterns, it should keep in mind that the essential nature of the assembling of the people is a divine call and a human response. The entire experience of worship is a symbolic meeting with God, in which the eternal covenant, established by Jesus Christ, is reaffirmed in the physical action of worship. Therefore, Christians proclaim, by word, Christ’s death and Resurrection, and the way they respond by faith js with praise and thanksgiving. This is why worship necessitates forms and signs. It is also the way we connect with God through the Holy Spirit.

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      CHAPTER 1

      The Nature of Worship

      What is the nature of worship, as it relates to church music? Worship consists of rhythm, pitch, melody, and harmony, but it’s not just that, for worship has power. Throughout the ages, people have been awed and mystified by the power of worship. During worship, the music that’s provided brings changes of pitch, volume, tempo, rhythm, and harmony. It brings a wider variety of expressions than words. What seems intangible fades as soon as it is heard. What is different each time it’s performed can express and elicit emotions of great intensity. It’s something that touches the human soul.

      Martin Luther views that next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. Music

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