We are delighted that you chose to visit us today at DFC We have no printed “Order of Worship”, no complicated ritual to follow. Our desire is to serve you and your family by providing a local church environment, which will cause you to grow spiritually. Our worship is based upon the Bible pattern. This page will give you some information about our church and explain the Scriptural pattern of our worship unto God. Thank you for coming and visiting us. We are looking forward to seeing you in service soon. Answers to some common questions and Biblical explanations for worship and ministry: WHY DO WE STAND TO SING? “Then some Levites....Stood Up and praised the Lord....with a very loud voice.” (II Chron. 20:19)
“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, Standing before the throne and in front of the lamb....And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to God’.” (Rev. 7:9-10) WHY DO WE CLAP OUR HANDS? “Clap Your Hands, all you nations shout unto God with cries of joy.” (Ps. 47:1)
WHY DO WE LIFT OUR HANDS? “I will praise you as long as I live and in your name I will Lift Up My Hands.” (Ps. 63:4) “Lift Up Your Hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord.” (Ps. 134:2) “I want men everywhere to Lift Up Holy Hands in prayer, without anger or disputing.” (I Tim. 2:8)
WHY DO WE HAVE AUDIBLE PRAISE? Praise The Lord, O my soul, all my inmost being, praise His holy name.” (Ps. 103:1)
“After this I heard What Sounded Like A Roar of Great Multitude in heaven shouting: ‘Hallelujah’.…Then I Heard What Sounded Like a Great Multitude, like loud peals of thunder, saying: ‘Praise our God, all you His servants, you who fear Him both small and great’.” (Rev. 19:1,6)
WHY DO WE SING IN TONGUES AND IN ENGLISH? “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful....I will Sing With My Spirit, but I will also Sing With My Mind.” (I Cor. 14:14-15)
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP? “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father In Spirit and In Truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him In Spirit and Truth.” (John 4:23-24)
“For we are the circumcision, we Worship God In The Spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh.” (Phil. 3:3)
WHY DO WE SING CHORUSES AS WELL AS HYMNS? “….be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs.” (Eph. 5:18-19)
“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom and as you sing Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:16)
WHY DO WE PROPHESY? “Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the Gift of Prophecy.” (I Cor. 14:1)
“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good… to another Prophecy...” (I Cor. 17:7, 10)
WHAT IS PROPHECY? “But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort.” (I Cor. 14:3)
WHY DO WE HAVE SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF THOSE TONGUES IN THE CHURCH? “Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy and Do Not Forbid To Speak In Other Tongues and to still another The Interpretation of Tongues.” (I Cor. 14:39)
“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good….to another the ability to Speak In Different Kinds Of Tongues and to still another The Interpretation of Tongues.” (I Cor. 12:7-10)
“I would like everyone of you to Speak In Tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who Speaks in Tongues, except He Who Interprets, so that the church may be edified.” (I Cor. 14:5)
“If anyone speaks In A Tongue, two or at the most three should speak, one at a time and someone must Interpret.” (I Cor. 14:27)
WHY ARE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS A PART OF THE WORSHIP SERVICE? “Praise Him with the sounding of the Trumpet, praise Him with the Harp and Lyre, praise Him with the Tamborine and dancing, praise Him with the Strings and Flute, praise Him with the clash of the Cymbals, Praise Him with the resounding Cymbals.” (Ps. 150:3-5)“And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of Harpists Playing Harps.” (Rev. 14:2)
WHY DOES THE WHOLECHURCH PRAY AT ONE TIME FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS? “And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice with One Accord and said, ‘Lord, Thou art God, which hast made heaven and earth’….” (Acts 4:24)
WHY DO WE DANCE DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE? “David, wearing a linen ephod, Danced before the Lord with all his might….” (II Sam. 6:14) “Let them praise His name with Dancing and make music to Him with tamborine and harp.” (Ps. 149:3) “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to Dance.” (Eccl. 3:4)
WHY ARE PEOPLE “SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT” DURING THE MEETINGS? “It came to pass….the trumpeters and singers were as one….praising and thanking the Lord….the house was filled with a cloud So That The Priests Could Not Stand to minister by reason of the cloud….” (II Chron. 5:13-14)“And yet when I heard the voice of His words, then was I in a Deep Sleep On My Face….” (Daniel 10:9)
“And when I saw Him, I Fell At His Feet As Dead. And He laid His right hand upon me and said, ‘Fear not, I am the first and the last’….” (Rev. 1:17)
And He said unto them, “I am He,” and they Went Backward And Fell To The Ground.” (John 18:6) WHY DO WE LAY ON HANDS, ANOINT WITH OIL, AND PRAY FOR HEALING? “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church and let Them Pray over Him, Anointing Him with Oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick….” (James 5:14-15)
“And these signs shall follow them that believe….they shall Lay Hands on the sick and they shall recover.” (Mark 16:17-18)