The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services . By

This, by an American liberal Baptist teaching at a Wesleyan seminary, uses the architecture metaphor to explain the four ‘building blocks’ or ‘rooms’ of the Sunday service (Approach, Word etc.). It is a bold attempt to persuade those who consider structure less important than fervour, which an often result in worshippers feeling something lacking in the quality of their encounter with God. The architectural metaphor is used convincingly and would be effective in helping a worship leader who believes worship should be free of such constraints to see the potential greater effect of a better structured event.