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New Hymnbook: Christian Worship
PRESS RELEASE
31st March 2005
Christian Worship is the name of a new hymnbook planned for publication in 2010. The result of a meeting of some two-dozen ministers in Dudley on Thursday 3rd March, Christian Worship intends to offer a traditional alternative to contemporary books such as Praise! and the new edition of Christian Hymns. Christian Worship is seeking to take traditional evangelical worship, as represented by twentieth century hymnbooks such as Christian Hymns, Gospel Hymns and Grace Hymns, forward into the twenty-first century. The book will be contemporary in its production but traditional in its contents. Christian Worship intends to include a complete metrical Psalter, and approximately 1,000 traditional hymns including numerous paraphrases. Also, the personal pronouns "Thee", "Thou" and "Thine" will be retained and not edited away as in other modern books. Christian Worship is being produced by a small committee chaired by Neil Pfeiffer and including Vernon Higham, author of contemporary classics such as 'Great is the gospel of our glorious God' and 'I saw a new vision of Jesus'. The editors believe that Christian Worship will make a unique contribution to traditional evangelical worship in the coming years.