Worship Arts Courses

WM3063 Theology of Worship

CREDIT HOURS: 3

This course lays a biblical foundation for worship that encompasses all of life and that provides training for planning, leading, and engaging in corporate worship. It features an intensive study of major biblical themes regarding worship. It traces the progressive and developing character of God’s self-revelation, purposes, and actions throughout Scripture. Particular emphasis is placed on the activity of the Trinity in worship, the centrality of the Word, and the importance of the congregation’s engagement in worship as the primary motivation for global evangelism. The course also offers a framework that allows students to evaluate personal assumptions and practices of worship in light of the teaching of Scripture.

PREREQUISITES: RS1003, RS1403

WM3173 Spiritual Formation and Worship

CREDIT HOURS: 3

This course focuses directly on the individual’s cultivation of a life of worship, and it considers such things as the imperative of surrender, the spiritual disciplines, the hearing of God’s voice, and the posture of one’s heart toward God. The primary purpose of this course is to teach the student the significance of living a life filled by God’s Spirit.

PREREQUISITES: RS1003, RS1403

WM3363 Contemporary Issues in Worship Ministry

CREDIT HOURS: 3

This course is designed to equip students to deal with changing methods, leadership paradigms, musical styles, technologies, and a host of other variables that are part of today’s diverse and rapidly changing church environment. This course will present a balance of time-honoured methods and tools, and it will give students exposure to new music and to the digital tools of the A/V world. It will also cover issues of leadership and the implementation of new ideas in established churches where resistance to new methods is common. Among the issues dealt with will be bridging the established church sub-culture with post-modern and post-Christian realities.

PREREQUISITES: RS1003, RS1403