The Worship Ministry at ZEFC

We desire to create an atmosphere where all people are drawn to worship in spirit and in truth.

(John 4: 23-24)

The Bible makes it clear that God delights in our worship of Him. In fact, according to Jesus, worshiping God is so much a part of who we were created to be that if we do not worship Him, the rocks will cry out and do so (Luke 19:40)!

God wants us to worship Him sincerely with our whole being, in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24). The Bible also contains many examples of people worshiping God through music, dance, prayer, drama, silence, use of scripture, and speaking of who He is and what He has done. These examples demonstrate that since the beginning of human history people have worshiped God in ways that employed the communication methods and art forms of their particular culture and time. Likewise, we want to fully embrace the manifest presence of God.

We do this at ZEFC by approaching worship much the way Christian philosopher Soren Kierkegaard did. He believed that, in worship, we have an audience of “One.” Those in the congregation are the performers; the leaders on the platform are the coaches; and God is the audience. It is God — rather than any single human personality — who is magnified.