From the very beginning of Liberty Christian Fellowship God had a plan for us. He brought people – traditionally churched, completely unchurched, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish. His goal was that we enter His presence and be changed by Him – that we experience His healing, His calling, His comfort, His cleansing, who He is, and walk away different people, ready to give away what we’ve been given. Following are some words that describe worship at LCF as God birthed it in 1986 and as He desires it today. This is who we are, not a judgment of who anyone else is, but an affirmation of who God has called us to be. This is His fingerprint on Liberty Christian Fellowship.

We invite you to join us in this adventure of loving God and knowing Him. We encourage you to come ready to enter into His presence, whether it be on Sunday morning, at a small group, youth group or children’s worship time.

There are four fundamental components of Worship:

Integrity of Worship

Another hallmark of LCF has been the intentional non-manipulation during worship times. We know that, at any given time, what is an expression of worship for one person may not be for another. One may stand quietly in God’s presence, another may clap or lift their hands in praise to Him. Our desire is that our worship be holy, pure and pleasing to our Lord God. The worship leader will encourage biblical expressions of worship, but will not manipulate or coerce, for that would take away from the sincerity of the worship. Integrity of lifestyle must also be lived out by those in worship leadership. Intimacy with God and willful sin don’t mix. Worship leaders are expected to spend consistent time in God’s presence and in accountable relationship with His Body, so as to be able to lead His people with clean hands and pure heart into His throne room.

Intimacy of Worship

Expressing and receiving love is the essence of intimacy. Therefore, our worship is filled with intimate songs of love and adoration. Intimate expressions are often gentle and quiet, but you’ll find us also expressing our love to Jesus Christ in joy and celebration of who He is and all He’s done for us. The majority of our songs are addressed directly to the Lord, for how can one be intimate in “third person”?

Simplicity of Worship

We open our hearts honestly and transparently to God by expression of our love, honor and praise to Him, and then receive His impression of His love, direction, words of encouragement to us. We sing, clap, stand, kneel, lift our hands, wait, listen, speak – all as simple biblical ways of inclining our hearts toward our Lord. We use music as the primary vehicle of worship, steering away from being performance-oriented. At the same time, we have a worship team that provides music that the present generation of churched and unchurched can relate to and enjoy, therefore coming into God’s presence without distraction. Simplicity (versus complexity) is also desired in the lyrics and music of the songs we sing, for the express purpose of providing something people can take home – songs they can worship the Lord with throughout the week, personally, in small groups, youth groups and children’s ministry. Worship that has to stop when we leave the corporate setting is contrary to our belief that worship (loving and honoring God) needs to be our lifestyle, a daily reality in our lives.

Vulnerability of Worship

An outcome of intimacy is vulnerability. We take off our “faces” before our loving Father God. We worship Him in honesty, brokenness, and repentance, letting Him see our pain. We expose our sin to His light, and let our family in Christ know who we really are. In God’s presence is the safest place to do this. Exposure before Him is not exposure at all because He knows us better than we know ourselves. Often, you’ll find us ministering to each other during worship. Sometimes the Lord Himself will direct ministry times with specific words given through His people and through His scriptures for particular needs He wants to meet during that time. We’ve found that responding to His words and direction as we linger in His presence is most effective toward the result of people being forgiven, healed and set free, even as they were in Jesus’ physical presence throughout the gospels.