The Shape of Corporate Worship (Part 1)

This webinar is part 1 of 3 in the Singing with the Saints webinar course.

In light of the Protestant Reformation, the early Independents wrestled with what should guide or shape our corporate worship.

In this In:Progress webinar, Graham Beynon (Associate National Director) explores 16th- and 17th-century church history and theology to help us understand where the principles that underpin our corporate worship today came from.

The webinar covers the Reformation and early separatists, the regulative principle of worship, different approaches to corporate worship, and what worship is acceptable to God.

Further reading

• Article on reform of the Established Church in 16-17th century (The Theologian)
• The Westminster Directory for Public Worship (The Westminster Standard)
• John Frame on the regulative principle for today (The Works of John Frame & Vern Poythress)
• John Owen’s sermons on worship (The Highway)
• Article on Owen’s theology of worship (The Gospel Coalition)

For a history of corporate worship, there is no ‘entry level’ volume. The ‘definitive’ work is:

• Worship and Theology in England; Volume 1 (1534-1690); Volume 2 (1690-1900); Volume 3 (1900-present), Horton Davies (Eerdmans).