About This Web Edition
Source book
| Title | Whatever Happened to Worship? A Call to True Worship |
| Source-file title (variant) | What Happened to Worship? A Call to Be True Worshippers |
| Author | A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) |
| Compiled & edited by | Gerald B. Smith, from Tozer's recorded sermons, after Tozer's death |
| First edition | 1985, Christian Publications, Camp Hill, PA · ISBN 0-87509-367-1 · 128 pages |
| Current edition | Moody Publishers, WingSpread imprint · ISBN 978-1-60066-323-9 · 160 pages |
Copyright determination
The source PDF supplied for this project was inspected page by page. Its copyright page states plainly: “What happened to worship? By A. W. Tozer. © 2010. © 2006 by First WingSpread Publishers. Originally published in Whatever Happened to Worship? by A. W. Tozer, compiled and edited by Gerald B. Smith.” The file turned out to be a Spanish-language edition published by CLC Colombia, Bogotá (¿Qué pasó con la adoración?, 2010, ISBN 978-958-8217-89-5), whose English text had been produced by machine translation — not Tozer's original wording, and not reliable enough to quote as if it were.
Neither the 1985 first edition, nor the 2010 Spanish edition, nor the current WingSpread/Moody printing shows any indication of being in the public domain. On the contrary, the book is actively in print and commercially sold today. UECF.NET has therefore not published the complete text of this book, and has not hosted the supplied PDF. What follows is the study companion described below instead.
How this study companion was produced
The introduction, ten chapter companions, Scripture connections, reflection questions and prayers on this site are original writing prepared for UECF.NET. The only material drawn from the source PDF was its table of contents (the ten chapter theme-titles, cleaned up from the PDF's own machine-translated English into readable form) and independently verifiable Bible references associated with each theme. The PDF's machine-translated prose was not quoted or translated, because it does not reliably represent Tozer's actual words.
Transparency: this text has not been through a formal review by a human theologian or editor. UECF.NET recommends that local pastors or teachers review it before use in wider ministry teaching. Corrections are welcome at info@uecf.net.
Telugu edition & terminology
The Telugu edition at www.uecf.net/books/what-happened-to-worship-telugu/ is a full, natural-language translation of this English study companion (not of Tozer's copyrighted book — see above), produced with a consistent theological glossary (ఆరాధన = worship, దేవుడు = God, పరిశుద్ధాత్మ = Holy Spirit, సంఘము = church, కృప = grace, విశ్వాసము = faith, రక్షణ = salvation, and so on) applied across every chapter, rather than translated term-by-term inconsistently.
This companion by the numbers
- 11 sections (introduction + 10 chapter companions)
- 3,080 words (English companion, approx.)
- ≈ 17 min read
Corrections policy
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