Features
- Leather Bound: 960 pages
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers; Deluxe edition January 1978
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0800633652
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0800633653
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 6.8 x 1.6 inches
- Weighs: 2.4 pounds
Reader ReviewsI think the ELCA needs to hire an exceptional writer and sit down with a few creative pastors and re-write some of the liturgy. Some of the basic regularly-used liturgy is good. However, the majority of it is extremely dry for today's church goers (Hence the increasing popularity of non-denominational highly-musical "fun churches" and the decline in membership to liturgical/ceremonial denominational churches). This worship book was published in 1978. It's about 6 years overdue for a major revision (though ELCA rumor has it that a new LBW is in the works). Yes, it would cost a lot for all those churches to convert to a new hymnal. Then again, it probably cost a lot when they moved from the 1958 "red hymnal" to the current 1978 "green hymnal". Though that didn't stop them from converting back then. How about a 2005 "blue hymnal" where they could incorporate some of the more popular hymns and liturgy from hymnal add-ons like "With One Voice". They could then delete some of the less popular hymns from the old (current) Lutheran Book of Worship. Honestly, do we really need two, three, or more different books in the pew? Let's consolidate those add-ons into one awesome new Lutheran Book of Worship.
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