Christian Worship

"…The purpose of employing cultural, ethnic, or ritual forms in worship is to ‘serve the gospel… The use of diverse cultural gifts in worship is an imperative, as the gospel cannot be communicated outside of human culture. But the use of these gifts is always for the sake of the gospel, and not for the sake of culture.’"

— from Worship for the Whole People of God: Vital Worship for the 21st Century by Ruth C. Duck.  Quoting Karen Ward’s “What is Culturally Specific Worship?”