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Redeemer Church of Knoxville (Knoxville, Tennessee)

USA / Tennessee / Knoxville / Knoxville, Tennessee
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www.redeemerknoxville.org/
We believe the gospel makes us a worshipping community of Christ's kingdom. Like every element of the Christian life, worship is by grace through faith. It is the great activity of the community of Christ’s kingdom people and is made possible only by the power of his gospel. Worship is central and formative in the life of Christ's church. In worship, our primary action is to receive gospel gifts from Christ.

At Redeemer, when we gather on the Lord's Day, we understand that the Divine Service is about Christ serving his people. In the Service of Entrance, he calls us into his presence, in order that we might enter into the wonders of his praise and enjoy the great blessing of hearing our sins declared forgiven by his minister. He pours his waters of baptism over us, to remind us that all true life begins with him. In the Service of the Word, he speaks his words of comfort, rebuke, encouragement and hope through Holy Scripture sung, read and preached. In the Service of the Table, he nourishes us as we dine with and feast upon him at his table. After feeding us and blessing us, he sends us back out into his world.

At the risk of sounding trivial, we believe at Redeemer through this grace-oriented perspective on worship that the most important passes in worship are the ones we catch from God, not the ones we throw to him. Of course, at each point in worship, as the power of Christ’s gospel is active in us and as his Spirit is stirred within us, we do respond in faith: when Christ invites us in, we enter and confess our sins in his presence; when he absolves our sins, we praise him for his mercy. When he speaks to us through his Word, we tremble at the Lord’s threats and trust in his promises. When he sets his banqueting table before us, we eat and drink the sacred meal. And when he sends us out, we go. As we respond in faith to these gospel graces from Christ, we are given his very life, that we may further share it with one another and the world.
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Coordinates:   35°57'35"N   83°56'1"W
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