Lutheran Book of Worship
Lutheran Book of Worship | |||
Augsburg Fortress | |||
Pages | 960 | ||
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No. of Hymns | 569 | ||
Psalms | 150 | ||
Service music | Yes | ||
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Hymnal Supplement 1991 | |||
Publisher GIA Publications | | ||
No. of Hymns | 7 canticles and chants, 118 Hymns | ||
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Psalms | 13 | ||
Service music | Yes | ||
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With One Voice | |||
Augsburg Fortress | |||
No. of Hymns | 207 | ||
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Service music | Yes | ||
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The Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) is a
Additional hymns and service music are contained in the companions Hymnal Supplement 1991 and With One Voice (WOV). A successor was published in 2006 titled Evangelical Lutheran Worship, although Lutheran Book of Worship remains in use by some congregations.
The LBW is sometimes called the "green book", as opposed to With One Voice, which is bound in blue, or the older Service Book and Hymnal and The Lutheran Hymnal, which were bound in red.
History
When Lutheran churches were first established in North America, the immigrants from Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and other non-English-speaking countries retained services in their native languages. However, as the children and grandchildren of these immigrants began speaking English in their everyday lives and the various Lutheran denominations began uniting, many felt that the North American Lutheran churches needed a common English-language
The process leading to the publication of the LBW was started in 1965 when the
The Lutheran Book of Worship has remained in service for more than forty years. There are a couple reasons for that longevity. The first is the careful, forward-looking, inclusive work of the ILCW and the four subcommittees. The second is the careful work done by the staff of
The first printing of the LBW was one million copies and required 19 semi-trailers to carry the book from the printer to 14 distribution points around the United States.
While it is in its twenty-seventh printing and widely used by the ELCA and the ELCIC, the LBW was replaced in October 2006 as the primary worship resource in the two denominations by Evangelical Lutheran Worship. The new book is intended to reflect the changing demographic of the church bodies and the subsequent changes in language and ritual practice.
See also
References
- Lutheran Book of Worship. Augsburg Publishing House and Lutheran Church in America Publication Board. 1978. ISBN 0-8006-3330-X.
- With One Voice. ISBN 0-8066-0051-9.
- Senn, Frank C. (1997). Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical. Augsburg Fortress. ISBN 0-8006-2726-1.
- Van Loon, Ralph R., ed. (1998). Encountering God: The Legacy of Lutheran Book of Worship. Kirk House Publishers. ISBN 1-886513-15-5.
- Quere, Ralph W. (2003). In the Context of Unity: A History of the Development of Lutheran Book of Worship. Lutheran University Press. ISBN 1-932688-00-5.