Chinese Lutheran Book of Worship with CD-ROM

The Chinese Lutheran Book of Worship with CD-ROM is a new comprehensive bilingual worship resource for pastors and worship leaders. Contents include services of Holy Communion, Holy Baptism, Affirmation of Baptism, Marriage, Funeral, as well as Prayers for Various Occasions, Seasonal Eucharistic Prayers, and the Revised Common Lectionary. Additional essays provide theological and practical information on the services and various worship topics.

The book was developed by ELCA Chinese pastors and worship leaders in collaboration with staff from ELCA Worship and Liturgical Resources, Multicultural Ministries, and Taosheng Publishers, the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hong Kong. The book is designed to offer flexibility in worship planning that encourages a common yet diverse core of worship and prayer. Mandarin and English are printed on facing pages. The CD-ROM contains the entire contents of the book in text files for editing in desktop publishing software to produce bulletins or projections for worship. The files are in English and Mandarin using both traditional and simplified characters .

The Chinese Lutheran Book of Worship with CD-ROM (ISBN 0-8006-3566-3) is available for $50 from Augsburg Fortress. Purchase online.

For more information, see the Chinese Lutheran Book of Worship brochure in English and Mandarin.