Worship Reading List

Teams & Leadership

Byrd, Chris, Vertical Worship: A Guide to Becoming More Effective Musicians, Singers and Worship Leaders (Minstrel House, 2012).

Kraeuter, Tom, The Worship Leader’s Handbook: Practical Answers to Tough Questions (Emerald Books, 2011).

Miller, Stephen, Worship Leaders, We Are Not Rock Stars (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2013).

Noland, Rory, The Heart of the Artist (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999).

Noland, Rory, The Worshiping Artist: Equipping You and Your Ministry Team to Lead Others in Worship (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007).

Outreach

Basden, Paul, The Worship Maze: Finding a Style to Fit Your Church (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999).

Beach, Nancy, An Hour on Sunday: Creating Moments of Transformation and Wonder (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004).

Liesch, Barry, The New Worship: Straight Talk on Music and the Church, expanded ed. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2001).

Morgenthaler, Sally, Worship Evangelism (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999).

Webber, Robert E., Planning Blended Worship: The Creative Mixture of Old and New (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998).

White, James Emery, Opening the Front Door: Worship and Church Growth (Nashville: Convention Press, 1992).

Theatre

Barr, Tony, Eric Stephan Kline and Edward Asner, Acting for the Camera, rev. ed. (San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1997).

Brook, Peter, The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997).

Bruder, Melissa, A Practical Handbook for the Actor (New York: Vintage Books, 1986).

Naegelin, Lanny, and Ron Krikac, Getting Started in Oral Interpretation (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1995).

Pederson, Steve, Drama Ministry: Practical Help for Making Drama a Vital Part of Your Church (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1999).

Robertson, Everett, The Dramatic Arts in Ministry (Nashville: Convention Press, 1989).

Worship Philosophy

Allen, Ronald, and Gordon Borror, Worship: Rediscovering the Missing Jewel (Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1982).

Cymbala, Jim, Spirit Rising: Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012).

Gaddy, C. Welton, The Gift of Worship (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992).

Kraeuter, Tom, Worship Is What?!: Rethinking Our Ideas About Worship (Lynnwood, WA: Emerald Books, 1996).

Martin, Ralph P., Worship in the Early Church (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1964).

Ortland, Anne, Up with Worship: How to Quit Playing Church (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1975).

Piper, John, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Press, 1986).

Segler, Franklin M., and C. Randall Bradley, Understanding, Preparing for and Practicing Christian Worship, 2nd ed. (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996).

Webber, Robert E., Worship Is a Verb: Eight Principles for Transforming Worship (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1996).

Wiersbe, Warren W., Real Worship: It Will Transform Your Life (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986).