A Guide for Pastors, Worship Leaders, and Students

“How to Worship for All Its Worth provides an invaluable new framework for analyzing and celebrating the diverse array of contemporary worship experiences. Steven Félix-Jäger honors the unique sense of calling and community of every congregation and encourages worship leaders to be biblically faithful, aesthetically excellent, and spiritually authentic.”  

DOUGLAS JACOBSON, Distinguished Professor of Christian History and Theology Emeritus, Messiah University 

"Readers will find this book thought-provoking, theologically informed and yet immensely practical. It will set the standard for textbooks on worship and should be required reading for every pastor and worship leader."

MELISSA ARCHER, Professor of New Testament at Trinity Bible College and Graduate School 

"Steven Félix-Jäger's application of biblical, aesthetic, theological and pastoral lenses to interpret and evaluate worshipping life is fresh and illuminating."

MARK J. CARTLEDGE, Principal, London School of Theology 

"Accessible yet robust, diverse and deep, this book is a much-needed resource for all worshipers. Steven Félix-Jäger invites pastors, professors, students, and worship leaders to move beyond surface-level responses to worship by discerningly engaging the multifaceted liturgical practices and theological traditions of the global Body of Christ."

JEREMY PERIGO, Professor of Theology & Worship Arts, Dordt University 

"Felix-Jager marshals an impressive and diverse set of academic resources and experiential know-how into a comprehensive tool for strengthening worship leader education and practice. While no book can magically solve congregational conflicts over worship, the book models a liturgical hospitality rooted in hope that the church’s worship life will flourish across lines of difference." 

ADAM A. PEREZ, Assistant Professor of Worship Studies, Belmont University 

"Félix-Jäger’s book is well conceived and a winning combination. Some worship primers speak only in generalities while others focus on the nuts and bolts of a worship service. In How to Worship for All Its Worth, Félix-Jäger lays out both broad criteria for assessing worship and then juxtaposes them with a range of specific congregational examples so we can see how worship assessment can and should take place. The result is very useful."

LESTER RUTH, Research Professor of Christian Worship, Duke Divinity School 

Steven Félix-Jäger brings all his gifts a theologian, philosopher, musician, and worship leader to craft this remarkable book that combines theory and practice. He not only provides rich biblical and theological foundations for understanding worship, but also equips readers to evaluate worship music, using solid questions and criteria modelled in case studies. I found it incredibly helpful and practical for understanding and leading worship music for all it’s worth. 

JACQUELINE N. GREY, Alphacrucis University College, Australia 

Steven Félix-Jäger (PhD, University of Wales) is Associate Professor and Chair of Worship Arts and Media at Life Pacific University. He is the author of several books, including Renewal Worship, Spirit of the Arts, and Art Theory for a Global Pluralistic Age, and the co-author of Renewing Christian Worldview.