RT Article
T1 Liturgical Ministers as Ministerial Leaders: Implications for Parish Worship in Nigeria
JF Cultural and religious studies
VO 5
IS 5
SP 231
OP 242
A1 Anagwo, Emmanuel Chinedu
LA English
PB David Publishing Company
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1842524798
AB This paper explores liturgical ministers as ministerial leaders to embrace different liturgical functions as ministries of service. This is against the backdrop of Tridentine liturgy whereby the worship is looked up as an exclusive leadership function of the priests alone to lord it over others. It identifies lack of active participation by the lay faithful as one of the major factors escalating passive participation in the liturgical celebrations in Nigeria. In this way, the paper argues that rethinking ministerial leadership is a medium to promote active and parish liturgical participation. Their implications suggest the bishops and priests to ensure that the lay faithful take part fully aware of their ministerial leadership role, actively engaged in the rite and enriched by its effects. Employing descriptive and analytical methods, the mantra of the paper is that in a parish worship where liturgical ministers thrives well as ministerial leaders, it produces mature Christian faithful who know their faith, understand their liturgical roles and diligently exercise them. Such a parish community operates on a level of facilitative and participatory leadership where everyone is carried along through direct participation in directing the liturgical celebrations of the parish.
K1 Liturgical Ministers
K1 Ministerial leadership
K1 Parish worship
DO 10.17265/2328-2177/2017.05.001