The Gospel in a Handshake: Framing Worship for Mission - Paperback

by Kevin J. Adams (Author), Richard J. Mouw (Foreword by)

This book enables worship leaders to skillfully guide spiritual novices, skeptics, and Christian veterans to the grace embedded in the timeless liturgy. Offering winsome worship hospitality, these pages provide seasoned wisdom, often in the form of pithy introductions (Adams calls these "frames") that alert worshipers to the character and purpose of various service elements. Readers get the tools to create their own frames, informed by the church of all ages, and customized to their congregation and neighborhood. This book will serve well anyone who wants to increase their missional worship IQ.

Author Biography

Kevin J. Adams is the author of 150: Finding Your Story in the Psalms and The Book That Understands You. Kevin and his wife Gerry Ann planted Granite Springs Church, a congregation that has helped inspire a movement of church planting in the Sacramento area. He serves as senior pastor, as a Program Affiliate at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, and as an adjunct professor in university and seminary settings.