Contemporary Worship

Four Approaches to Contemporary Christian Worship

Jesse Bowers

Saint Leo University

August 18, 2002 Summer Session










There are common worship traditions throughout the Christian fellowship that are practiced in different denominations, but with the same goals of the worshiper. Distinguishing themselves as different religions has caught my interest in finding out what is practiced and why it is done in that way. I am not going to determine what is wrong and what is right, but I will try to find the purpose of each and the importance of the practice. We have heard of so many aspects of religious practices, but I have four approaches to Christianity that I personally wanted to learn and I believe it will be a large impact on my life. Although I believe there could be many more approaches to contemporary Christian worship, there are four approaches that are generally used.
The first approach, used by the Catholic denomination is liturgical, wh...