High-Tech Worship?: Using Presentational Technologies Wisely / Edition 1

by Quentin J. Schultze

Overview

Increasing numbers of churches today use high-tech tools such as videos and PowerPoint presentations in their worship services. But without wisdom, those tools can turn their services more into entertainment than worship. How can churches use technology to communicate meaning instead of seducing people with special effects? How can technology be adopted to help people connect with God and each other to foster authentic worship?
High-Tech Worship? takes a careful look at these issues, giving readers practical guidance on how they can best use the gift of technology in their churches. Both clergy and lay leaders will benefit from its creative suggestions as they seek to integrate technology wisely into their worship services.
Written by nationally known communications expert Quentin J. Schultze, High-Tech Worship? addresses an important yet often overlooked issue that affects the quality of worship in every church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801064807
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)

About the Author

Quentin J. Schultze (PhD, University of Illinois) is a speaker, mentor, consultant, and professor of communication emeritus at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His many books include Communicate Like a True Leader and An Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication. Schultze has been quoted in major media including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, US News & World Report, the New York Times, Fortune, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today. He has been interviewed by CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, and NPR. Visit his website at www.quentinschultze.com.

Table of Contents

	Helpful Lists	9
	Acknowledgments	10
	Introduction	12
1.	Our Confusion	15
2.	Understanding Worship	25
3.	Corporate Worship and Technology	41
4.	Avoiding Quick-Fix Techniques	51
5.	Fitting Technology into Worship	63
6.	Technological Stewardship	77
7.	Virtuous Authority	87
8.	Moving Forward Wisely	97
Appendix	A Snapshot of Technology in Churches	105
	Notes	107