An American Prayer Book, A Global Prayer Book with Thomas Ferguson

Looking for a way to improve your prayer life? Then join the countless numbers of people who have found inspiration, guidance, and a deep connection with God through the Book of Common Prayer. Next to the King James Bible, there is no other English book that has been as influential on Western culture as the Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Countless lives have been transformed by this beautiful compilation of liturgies, psalms, creeds, and prayers. First written more than 500 years ago, the BCP has been adapted to the local custom of the churches that make up the Anglican Communion, producing a rich array of spiritual readings. While touching on the origins and development of the first English prayer books, this course focuses on the American Book of Common Prayer, 1979. It is the first in an 8-part series called, 'Introducing the Book of Common Prayer.' It is called 'An American Prayer Book, A Global Prayer Book.' And in this episode, Tom Ferguson, dean of Bexley Seabury Federation, breaks down the subject with four lectures called, The, Book, Common, and Prayer