WorshipTraining

Description

The Essentials In Worship Theology course, taught by Dan Wilt, M.Min. explores “essential” ideas that every Christian (and especially leader) should explore. You’ll explore the mystery of worship related to the nature of God, the nature of human beings, and the nature of biblical worship.  Essentials In Worship Theology is a life-changing course for all worship leaders, worshipers, pastors and worship ministry members. For Premium Members, this course is available in multiple formats for you and your worship team.

Ways To Take This Course

• As a Scheduled Online Worship Class (Jan. 6 – Feb. 3; May 4 – June 1; or Sept. 7 – Oct. 5)
• As a Self-Directed Online Worship Class
• As a Downloadable Worship Retreat
• As a Downloadable Media Training Course
• As a Downloadable eBook Curriculum
• As part of The WorshipTraining Program
• As part of a Certificate for University Credit
• As Individual Sessions (choose from the list below)

Sessions & Media

1. What Happens When We Worship? (12:35) – FREE
2. Who Is The God We Worship? (11:03)
3. What Is A Worshiper? (12:01)
4. What Is Worship Really All About? (16:36)
5. What Is A Worship Artisan? (7:54)
6. Essentials In Worship Theology eBook

Additional University Level Media

1. The Nature Of God
2. The Nature Of Human Beings
3. The Nature Of Worship
4. Worship: A Theological Synthesis

Objectives

• You’ll be able to define terms such as worship, theology, narrative, heaven, resurrection, creational theology, atonement, creator, trinity, kingdom of God, new creation and incarnation.
• You’ll identify the key biblical/theological ideas that have informed the worship expression of various ages of the Christian church.
• Demonstrate an ability to converse on the topics of worship theology, biblical worldview and Christian worldview in a postmodern age.

Course Outline

A Story In Which We Can Live

In this introductory week of the course, participants will take in a number of resources that will a context for the weeks to come. Ideas in biblical worldview, cultural interface, postmodern shifts and more will be explored, specifically related to the calling of the creative influencer in our generation – the worship artisan.

The Nature Of God

In this week, participants will focus on theological ideas vital to worship, particularly giving attention to the biblical nature of God. God as Creator (the God who makes), God as King (the God who reigns), God as Trinity (the God who relates), and God as Savior (the God who rescues) are among the many worship themes that will be explored.

The Nature Of The Human Being

In this week, participants will focus on essential worship ideas related to origins of human beings according to the Scriptures, and both the nature and vocation of those created in the imago Dei – the image of God. Human beings are SubCreators, ImageBearers, CommunityBuilders and SalvificStorytellers – each idea will be explored as a reflection of the previous week’s glimpses of the God of the scriptures.

The Nature Of Worship

In this week, participants will begin to integrate the ideas of the first three weeks into a more fully scoped vision of what worship is actually all about. Biblical theological ideas such as resurrection, the cross, new creation, eschaton and other ideas will be explored as well. Themes in worship related to both God and the humans who worship are explored.

Our final week of the module will also involve the creative reflection of our learning into a final project that will serve one’s local worshipping community – and others in our program. This is a favorite part of the course for all!