Incorporating Children in Worship: Mark of the Kingdom

Description: Incorporating children in worship is a powerful and overlooked mark of God's kingdom. This book argues that children's full participation in worship signifies not only a vibrant, faithful communion but also offers a critical window into the Spirit's work of linking the church to Christ. Children have a vocation in worship. They embody the theological virtues in distinct ways that enrich the worship of the whole church. Moreover, incorporating children reflects the difference in unity that is God's triune life. Receiving children in their difference moves the worshipping body toward the telos of worship--glorification of God and sanctification of humanity--and habituates the worshipping body to incorporate other, often more threatening, kinds of difference.

Author: Michelle A. Clifton-Soderstrom, David D. Bjorlin
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 06/18/2014
Pages: 166
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781620326213
ISBN10: 1620326213
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | Worship & Liturgy
- Religion | Christian Theology | Ecclesiology

About the Author
Michelle Clifton-Soderstrom is Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at North Park Theological Seminary. She is ordained to word and sacrament in the Evangelical Covenant Church, and author of Angels, Worms, and Bogeys: The Christian Ethic of Pietism.

David Bjorlin is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at Boston University School of Theology, where he is focusing on the theology of Christian hymnody. He is also a pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church.