Official Review: The Worship Kenbook by Gangai Victor

[Cody Mathews]

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Worship Kenbook" by Gangai Victor.]

“The Worship Kenbook” by Gangai Victor is an excellent book for those interested in providing a good worship in a Christian setting. The book takes the form of part Christian inspirational message, and part musician based with technical data that I did not understand. Full disclosure, I am not a musician and found the middle chapters to be useful mainly to worship leaders and musicians.

The book opens with a great chapter that lays out what worship is and the many forms that one might see it performed at their local church. I have read many Christian books and found myself thinking that this book was going to be more about the biblical reasons of worship and less technical. That brings me to the middle chapters, which make a complete one hundred and eighty degree turn in the opposite direction, and confused me. The final two chapters take the theme of the first couple, by ending on a positive and inspirational tone, void of technicalities, and musician speak.

What I loved best about the book was the honesty of the author to bring up sensitive issues regarding worship. It is hard at times to say that something isn’t working, or as he makes reference too, “long monologues and prayer between songs leaves the audience wondering what to do.” It is so true with the points he makes, that it is almost like several people helped in writing the book, based off the many experiences and references to “good” and “bad” worship settings. He even brings up one of my pet-peeves which is the importance of visual aids, specifically powerpoint slides that are not correct or that are not in synch with the music. I attended a church one-time where that was the case, and it took something out of me, and was hard for me to connect with the music.

Overall, I give the book 3 out of 4 stars. It covers the basic premises of worship and sets the tone for the technically savvy part of the book, which would be great for any Christian musician or worship team to pick up and use. I can now truly understand what it takes to put together a Sunday Worship, instead of just singing songs and clapping hands.

I did not give it all 4 stars because of the technicality of the subject within the middle portion of the book. The middle portion of the book could be a stand-alone book alone, just on the musician piece to include song selection, rhythm, band selection, guitar choice, etc. If you want a book to help revive your worship team or learn the basics on how to start one from scratch, this is the book for you.

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[gangaivictor]

Thanks so much for reviewing the book, God bless you!