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Strategic Portraits is the story of people and movements that shaped how Evangelicals in the Free Church (non-liturgical) tradition worship.  Through engaging historical narrative and reflections from his own forty-year vocation as a worship pastor and professor, the author diagnoses concerns and offers prescriptive pathways for worship renewal.  Each chapter closes with questions for reflection that are appropriate for group studies as well as suggested further reading. 

The book is now available on Amazon in print and Kindle formats.

“If you’ve ever been to a worship service and wondered ‘why do we do that?’ this book is for you.”
Thomas E. Bergler, The Juvenilization of American Christianity

“This book is insightful, engagingly written, and above all, pastoral in tone.”
Constance M. Cherry, The Worship Architect

“With a pastor’s heart and a scholar’s mind, Dr. Myers points the way to a hopeful future in congregational worship.”
William D. Shiell, President, Northern Seminary

“I applaud his boldness.”
Lester Ruth, Research Professor of Christian Worship Duke Divinity School

From the Forward:
“It takes a gifted artistic writer to provide a genuinely perceptive and readable analysis of the streams of worship history which can both inform general Christian audiences and challenge ministers to reflect on what is being done in their churches.  My former doctoral student, Robert Myers, who has since graduation been a professor, a senior pastor and a worship leader in various places, is such a person.”
Gerald L. Borchert, Senior Professor of New Testament, Carson-Newman University

Excerpts from the book are available on this blog.  Purchase the full book through Amazon in print or Kindle format for $14.99 or $4.99 respectively.   

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