Biblical & Theological Resources
The Commission on Worship (CoW) and other LCA pastors and scholars have written extensively on the biblical and theological underpinnings of our worship. These continue to inform and guide the church in its practice.
Commission on Worship Statements
Biblical foundations for worship
Proclaiming the Name – Victor C Pfitzner
Naming God – John W Kleinig
Worship and Full Assurance – John W Kleinig
Entrance into the Heavenly – John W Kleinig
History of Lutheran Worship
Liturgical Uniformity and Church Polity in the Augsburg Confessions and the Formula of Concord: The Church Orders as Hermeneutical Key – Matthew C Harrison
Sasse on Worship – John W Kleinig
The Origin And Nature Of The Service With Communion Of The LCA, As Published In The Lutheran Hymnal, 1973 – Michael Lockwood and Jonathon Kummerow
Traditional and contemporary worship in the LCA – A discussion paper – David Schubert
The Liturgical Heritage of Theodor Kliefoth – John W Kleinig
Some Aspects of the History of Worship in the LCA – David Schubert, 2004
Paul Gerhardt as a Teacher of Lutheran Spirituality – John W Kleinig
Theology of Worship
The Biblical View of Worship – John W Kleinig
Where Is Your God? Luther on God’s Self-localisation – John W Kleinig
The Mystery of Christ and the Divine Service – John W Kleinig
Sharing in God’s Holiness – John W Kleinig
The Lord’s Supper as a Sacrificial Banquet – John W Kleinig
Witting or Unwitting Ritualists – John W Kleinig
Worshipping with the Angels – Victor C Pfitzner
Worship at Luther Campus – Faculty of Luther Campus, 1995
What's the use of Praising God – John W Kleinig
Luther on Participation in God's Holiness – John W Kleinig, 1985/2003
Liturgy and Worship
The Privatisation of the Cultus Publicus – Lutheran Theological Journal 27/1 (1993): 13–22 – John G Strelan
Ways of Opening a Service – John W Kleinig, 2001
Singing with Grace in Our Hearts – The Function of Hymnody in Its Cultural Context – John W Kleinig
The 1973 Lutheran Hymnal of the Lutheran Church of Australia: Alan Collyer: 2004
Bach, Chronicles and Church Music – John W Kleinig
Incarnation and Music – John W Kleinig, 2000
The Practice of Worship
Some Pastoral Guidelines for Worship with Small Numbers
The Use of Testimonies in the Divine Service – John W Kleinig
The Use of Visual Media Technology in Liturgical Worship – Andrew Ruddell
LCA Worship Guidelines - Summary of recent decisions and suggestions about the divine service – Compiled by David Schubert for the Department of Liturgics
Language in Worship: David Schubert, 2006
Some guidelines for the use of data projectors in worship – Adam Cooper, 2003
Worship and Outreach – BCL COW Taskforce
Worship and Mission – John W Kleinig
Speech Acts in the Liturgy – David Schubert
Advice on Bible translations for worship (updated 2020)
Worship for the sake of the world – Linards Jansons
Studies on Weekly Communion – Greg Pietsch, 2004
A series of studies on the Liturgy (formatted for church bulletins) – Linards Jansons
