Anglicans Who Don’t Like Liturgy

John Leach has been in ordained Anglican ministry for 40 years, and worked as national director of Anglican Renewal Ministries (now ReSource) for five years. He has lectured in various theological institutions, mainly on Liturgy, Mission and Biblical Studies and is currently Adjunct Tutor in Theology at Emmanuel Theological College. He has decades of experience in leading musical worship and holds a research degree in how music affects people emotionally.

• 1 Introduction2 Liturgy or liberty?3 Designing the research4 ’A massive turn-off’5 What's the story?6 Any objections?7 Can worship songs be ‘the new liturgy’?8 Conclusion: A more excellent way?

This is the latest chapter in John Leach’s lifelong passion for the richness that comes when the shapes and rhythms of liturgy meet charismatic worship. It is a fascinating blend of research and reflection, which I hope finds an audience of worship leaders, curators and presiders who receive it as an invitation to faithfully improvise with both depth and imagination. If these two remain siloed we risk perpetuating a dual track of rigid or thin forms of worship.