The Worship Quote of the Week for (09/19/2000):

Worship Is Ultimate How does worship relate to the important task of evangelism? Today's WORSHIP QUOTE comes from the first chapter of John Piper's book LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD. John Piper is senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. WORSHIP IS ULTIMATE Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever. - John Piper, LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD: THE SUPREMACY OF GOD IN MISSIONS, Baker Book House, 1993. [Or you could say it this way: "The purpose of the Church is not evangelism; rather, the purpose of evangelism is to build the Church, to extend the worshiping community." Pray that God will use your church's missionaries (and each of us) in the important task of drawing men and women, boys and girls to the one who alone is worthy of our worship.] Have a great week, Chip Stam Director, Institute for Christian Worship School of Church Music and Worship Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Louisville, Kentucky www.carlstam.org www.sbts.edu