Steve Burdan is a featured instructor and contributor at Worship Training.
A central feature of the seekers' service/believers' worship movement is the clear distinction it makes between outreach services (called seekers' services) and services designed for believers (believers' worship). This approach to renewal, pioneered by Willow
In endeavoring to reach unchurched seekers, Willow Creek Community Church incorporates into its worship recognition of the holidays of the general calendar followed in society rather than rigidly adhering to the Christian year. Thus the church has sponsored sp
The seeker services, on Saturday evenings at 5 and 7 and on Sunday mornings at 9 and 11:15, are meant to provide a safe place for unchurched visitors to hear the gospel in ways relevant to their lives. This is not primarily a worship service for Christians. A
Midweek services, called New Community, meet on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30. These gatherings are meant for believers, who may or may not be members of Willow Creek Church. The primary purpose of each service is to teach them deeper truths and less
Churches that have adopted the format of a broad-based "?seekers' service?" (accompanied by a separate, more intense worship service for committed believers) are breaking new ground in the integration of worship with other aspects of Christian ministry. The du
Willow Creek and other seeker-driven churches purposely avoid any liturgy or other sacred actions to demonstrate the simplicity of the gospel and to draw in nonbelievers. Like other Protestant churches, Willow Creek views baptism and Communion as ordinances. A
