Great Commission Worship Summary

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Abstract

David Wheeler and Vernon Whaley take on the task of intertwining worship and evangelism. They expand on the idea of worship being more than just about music during a church service. Through this book, they are developing a type of evangelism that fulfills the Great Commission and the Great Commandment that also fulfills our requirement to worship our God. At the same time, they focus on a worship that sees evangelism as just as important, integrating the two into what they call “Great Commission Worship”.
To begin breaking down the misconceptions about worship, the authors use Abraham as an example of what worship truly is. They state that Abraham did not need any form of music to worship God, because worship is not an event
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I married a Worship Pastor who has devoted his life to worship. I have known for a while that worship involves more than just music, as my husband points out often. I also spent a majority of my teenage years sharing the gospel with anyone I could. However, more recently I have not focused on evangelism to the point that when my church mentions outreach events or programs, I try to come up with any way I can get out of going to them. The thought of missional living scares me. The rejection from strangers is not something I seek out. The church I am at now tries to be focused on evangelism, but they really do not do a good job at it. Everyone is always talking about how we need to do more to reach people, but when it comes to supporting a ministry that aims to do just that, no one helps. This book really helped to open my eyes to see that it is everyone’s job to engage in evangelism, not just the pastors. Evangelism is a great way to worship God because of its missional nature.
I have heard so many people in my church say that we don’t need to reach out to the homeless, or those who are needy, or those who aren’t like us. Most people believe that it is not their job to reach out to the lost. They are comfortable in our nice building, with nice looking people surrounding them. One of the starting points Whaley and Wheeler make is that it is for everyone, not just the evangelist. I believe it