and a youth program that will keep your teenagers off drugs and out of your hair.” Is that the purpose of a worship service? Should I really try impressing “church shoppers” so they’ll come back to the church instead of going to a church down the street with a better pastor, programs, or facilities? Whether I am trying to please a church leader who wants me to promote a program or to impress a prospective church member enough to return, there is a problem. The service has become horizontal—primarily