About

What is behind the name “Doxology & Theology”?

The name expresses a pair of shaping commitments for corporate worship in the life of the local church.

The word doxology comes from the Greek doxa (weight, glory, or splendor) and logos (word or expression). It refers to glorious words of worship offered to God. In a wider sense, doxology encompasses all of the expressions of worship when the church gathers in ascribing worth and adoration to God.

This leads to theology, formed from another pair of Greek words: theos (God) and logos (word or study). At its simplest, theology is the study of God. More deeply, theology reminds us that true praise must be shaped by truth, that our worship should be filled with the riches of who God is as he has revealed himself in Scripture.

Healthy church gatherings hold doxology and theology together. Acceptable worship flows from right knowledge of God, and right knowledge of God leads to affectionate worship.

Our prayer and our labor are focused on seeing church gatherings marked by revelation and response, transcendence and immanence, reverence and relevance, doxology and theology.