Wellspring (A Classic Christian Service of Worship)
The online scriptorium of author and pastor Matthew Burden
Reflections on the Christian Life
Friday, January 22, 2021
Wellspring (A Classic Christian Service of Worship)
One of the projects I completed this year was the compilation of a standard Christian liturgy service that could be used in evangelical Protestant churches. I've often toyed with the idea of offering it in my own church, but never actually have. But even in denominational traditions that are unfamiliar with classic liturgy, there is a growing movement to recover the historic roots of our worship and a yearning for a sense of connection with the generations of Christians who have gone before. So here's my offering toward that end: a service based on classic liturgies and adapted to fit the orthodox doctrines of evangelical churches. Almost all of it is drawn from worship texts used by the ancient, medieval, and Reformation churches. Here's a link to the PDF document; feel free to reproduce it and use it as you wish: