Church Music: For the Care of Souls

• God Calls Us All to Sing
• You Shall Have a Song
• God's People Want to Sing
• The Lord's Song
• Substance Over Style
• The Newness of God's Song
• Finding the Right Mix
• The Lord's Song (Con)Textualizes Us-In Every Context
• There Is No Holy Sound
• Fides Quae, Fides Qua
• Discovering One's Voice
• The Importance of Listening
• Knowing What It Takes
• The King of Instruments
• Going to War with the Army You've Got
• Don't Be a Hero
• Summoning the Song
• Comfort and Joy
• The Art of Listening
• Many Will Put Their Trust in the Lord
• Be Prepared
• Where to Begin

Author:

Phillip Magness is a church musician and missionary of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He set Luther's Small Catechism to music for the Growing in Christ curriculum (Concordia Publishing House). In addition to serving as a parish musician, he works in international missions as a sacred music educator in Africa.

Endorsements:

Many churches today lack a theological vision of corporate worship, and in particular, of congregational singing. This book helps cast such a vision as a biblical, theological, and pastoral aid for us to sing with greater understanding-and gospel joy!
--Matt Boswell, pastor, The Trails Church

This book wonderfully blends a principled approach to the church's song (valuing its heritage) with flexible creativity (expressing the heritage) in ways that will help any congregation to be faithful, authentic, and impactful in its worship life.
--Bryan Gerlach, director, WELS Commission on Worship

This needed and necessary book will benefit all Christians making music in the church-those in the choir loft, pulpit, and pew.
--Katie Schuermann, author and musician

The church is desperately in need of rearticulating the wonder, the role, the purpose, and the power of music in her worship beyond pragmatism, and Magness helps his readers expand their vocabulary in expressing God's gift of music to his people.
--Joseph R. Crider, dean and professor of church music and worship, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary