Membership of the Society is open to anyone with an interest in the history development and practice of Christian worship in all its various and diverse forms.

 

We are an ecumenical Society. Most of the major Christian denominations of the United Kingdom and Ireland are represented and all type of worship experiences. Members include liturgical professionals, scholars, teachers, cathedral staff, members of diocesan liturgy committees and national liturgy as well as those individuals both  lay and ordained, who simple have an interest in worship.

 

The Society holds a biennial conference, open to all, where members and invited speakers give major papers on a predetermined theme. Past conferences have been dedicated to Music, the Worship Space, Liturgical Theology, Symbolism in the Liturgy, Liturgical Formation. Members are encouraged to contribute to the “Short Papers” and “Research Communications” which can be on any subject.

 

Members receive complimentary copies of the Societies’ Journal, Anaphora

 

Fees for membership will be £20 from 2009 and are due on the 31 January each year.