Grant Sperry-White is a featured instructor and contributor at Worship Training.
The New Testament records that Jesus and his disciples, as well as early Christian preachers such as Paul and Barnabas, attended the synagogue assemblies. The true influence of the synagogue on early Christian worship, however, is difficult to assess. Contacts
Our knowledge of worship of the synagogue in the first century of the Common Era (c.e.) is limited by a lack of source material. It seems clear, however, that readings from the Law and the Prophets, the recitation of the Sh ma', and the prayers or benedictions
Every aspect of liturgy shapes the faith of the worshiping community, altering its understanding of both God and the Christian life. This article explores some of the ways in which this occurs and suggests ways in which the church's worship can more adequately
Although the Eastern churches divided in the fifth century between those that accepted the Christological formula of Chalcedon (Eastern Orthodox churches) and those that rejected it (non-Chalcedonian Eastern churches, particularly the Nestorians and Monophysit
