Would God say, «No, I am not going to listen to the
prayers of such and such a group, because they wiped out nations in my name, because they build unjust social
structures in my name, because they have gone to war in my name, because they don't call me
by the «right» name, or simply because their doctrines do not quite correspond to who I am»?
Liturgical worship, which follows a set pattern or
structure in a
prayer book led
by professional clergy, is the basic diet of mainline denominations.