Browsing Senior Theses by Subject "Worship"
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Changing Media and the Changeless Message: Sharing the Gospel Through New Media
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)For longer than we may realize, technology has been involved in the transmission of God’s Word. Early Christin communities were united through a piece of technology—a book. During the Reformation, Luther and the other ... -
Doctrine and Practice: The Case of Female Worship Readers in WELS Multicultural Church Settings
(2013)“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others” (1 Corinthians ... -
Edification and Education as Primary Concerns of Worship Rites in the Lutheran Confessions
(2013)In recent years, “worship wars” have erupted in the Lutheran church. Different opinions concerning public worship have been advanced, varying principles have been cited, and papers, essays, and blog posts have been lobbed ... -
The Evangelical Lutheran Church Must Be Constantly Vigilant as It Sings the Christian Song
(2013)In recent decades, Christian churches, including Lutheran churches, have significantly increased their interest in and utilization of contemporary Christian music. WELS congregations have been limited in their ability to ... -
From the Lips of Children: A Study on Involving Children in Worship
(2012)The purpose of this project is to identify how to best involve children in worship in the individual congregations of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The research includes three parts. It accomplishes this ... -
The History and Development of Worship in the Lutheran Church of Central Africa Compared to an Ethnodoxological Template
(2016)Prior to this paper, a documented history of worship in the Lutheran Church of Central Africa did not exist. It is a wonderful history richly detailed with God’s continued blessings. Its worship is continuing to develop ... -
How Can I Keep from Singing? The Effect of COVID-19 on Congregational Participation in Worship
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)COVID-19 has had drastic, far-reaching consequences throughout society, and the Lutheran church is no exception. For three months, many Lutherans and other Christians in America were prohibited from worshiping in person ... -
The Hymn of the Day: A Historical-Liturgical Evaluation and Contemporary Application
(2014)The Hymn of the Day as a part of Lutheran worship, developed at a time and within the context of an emphatic refocusing on the Word of God. Within that development it came to tie all the scriptural elements within that ... -
The Hymn of the Day: Its Development and Use
(2012)This thesis depicts the development of the Hymn of the Day as it was born out of Luther’s Graduallied and how the concept of the Hymn of the Day was born out of the Lutheran Reformation. The Graduallied was a hymn Luther ... -
Lutheran Worship and Teens: How Proper Worship Education will Help to Keep our Young People in Church
(2017)The goal of this paper is to answer the following questions: Will better education about Lutheran worship help keep teens in church in the long run? Will educating our youth at a young age about Lutheran worship help edify ... -
Meeting Together in the 21st Century: Exploring the Possibility of a Virtual Confessional Lutheran Congregation
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-02-18)This paper explores the possibility and feasibility of a confessional Lutheran congregation existing virtually. This paper addresses three main issues surrounding a virtual congregation. These three areas are worship, ... -
Putting the Reality in Virtual Reality: A Look at the Viability of Virtual Reality for Applications in Ministry
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)The Christian church has always wrestled with the idea of how best to convey the gospel through media. At this time, virtual reality (VR) is a new frontier of digital communication. Can the church benefit from adopting ... -
Theological and Pastoral Criteria for Worship Forms in the Lutheran Confessions
(2012)Due to “worship wars” in the Lutheran church, the issue of worship forms has been thoroughly examined from Scripture and from historical perspective. Until recently, however, the Lutheran Confessions have not been strongly ... -
To Dance or Not To Dance: Exploring Considerations to Determine How Dance Can Belong in the Church as a Welcome Worship Practice
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)Dance can become a respectable and godly practice in churches when understood and approached with the right considerations. This thesis seeks to expand churches’ perspectives about dance in two major ways. First, to recognize ... -
Why Lutherans Need to Know What They Are Doing: The Importance of Educating Congregations in The Dynamic of Lutheran Worship
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)If someone were to walk into a church and see many ceremonies being carried out, a question might enter their minds. That question would be: “why are they doing these things; and why this way?” The answer to that question ... -
Worship Space of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in the Context of Historical Christian Architecture and Art
(2012)This study examines the history of Christian architecture and art, and how Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) churches shape worship space in the 21st century. When believers come together in corporate worship ... -
You Need to Repent: What Repentance Is and its Implications for Life and Ministry
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)This thesis began primarily as a doctrinal endeavor to deepen my knowledge of biblical repentance, but at a certain point, my focus began shifting towards how all the information I was learning might be applied. I became ...