Worship : Hope for the Waiting Community

<p>The relationship between hope and worship has been neglected for too long in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Adventism in North America has lost much of its zeal for and emphasis on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. A renewed awareness of corporate worship's importance would help Adventists more fully understand their unique role in Christiandom. Adventists need to gain a better grasp of the meaning of Christian hope. Worship services should be a time and place for experiencing, enhancing, and transmitting the believers' hope. Congregations that take part in liturgies incorporating the "Great Controversy" theme will be better equipped to fulfill their gospel commission. Worship should declare the Second Coming while aiding congregants in participating in the Kingdom's present manifestation. Relevant liturgical acts can help intensify a congregation's perception of God's rule as believers are taught how to wait. Adventist worship must more fully reflect God's sovereignty.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Religion

Year

1987

Author dc:creator

• Loo, Ivan T.

Contributors dc:contributor

• V. Bailey Gillespie
• T. Richard Rice
• Charles Teel, Jr.

• Christian Denominations and Sects
• Liturgy and Worship
• Religion
• Seventh-day Adventists -- Rituals; Public worship -- Seventh-day Adventist; Second Advent

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/726

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1777