Igniting our hearts and minds

Ben Slee  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Sep 2021
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Igniting our hearts and minds

CORPORATE WORSHIP:
How the Church Gathers as God’s People
By Matt Merker
Crossway Books (9 Marks). 174 pages.
£11.99 (hardback)
ISBN 978 1 433 569 821

If there’s one book on gathering, worship and singing that I could give to everyone on our music team, it’s Corporate Worship by Matt Merker. In fact, I will do so, as we relaunch into the new normal following the lifting of restrictions, and I’d love to see my whole congregation reading it, too.

Emerging from a season where we’ve not been able to gather for corporate worship, I can’t think of a more vital time for our churches to rediscover the joy of gathering as God’s people in God’s presence. What Matt has achieved, quite brilliantly I think, is to present a balanced, nuanced, well-illustrated and explained survey of the central Biblical teachings on matters surrounding corporate worship in a short, accessible book that’s a delight to read.

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