Christian worship: Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies questions

Every Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies exam question on Christian worship, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

All 17 questions on Christian worship, as a list

June 2025, Spec A Paper 2B, Q2(a) (3 marks): Outline three ways a Christian may choose to worship God.
June 2025, Spec B Paper 1B, Q3(a) (3 marks): Outline three examples of liturgical worship.
June 2024, Spec B Paper 1B, Q3(b) (4 marks): Explain two reasons why some Christians choose to worship without structure.
June 2024, Spec B Paper 3B, Q3(c) (5 marks): Explain two different attitudes towards the use of liturgical worship. In your answer you must refer to a source of wisdom and authority.
June 2023, Spec A Paper 2B, Q2(b) (4 marks): Explain two activities that may take place during liturgical worship.
June 2023, Spec B Paper 2B, Q3(b) (4 marks): Explain two reasons why some Christians may choose to use non-liturgical worship.
June 2022, Spec A Paper 1B, Q2(c) (5 marks): Explain two reasons why some denominations have less structure to their worship. In your answer you must refer to a source of wisdom and authority.
June 2022, Spec B Paper 2B, Q3(c) (5 marks): Explain two reasons why some Christians prefer liturgical worship. In your answer you must refer to a source of wisdom and authority.
November 2021, Spec B Paper 1B, Q3(c) (5 marks): Explain two reasons why some Christians use informal activities to worship. In your answer you must refer to a source of wisdom and authority.
November 2020, Spec A Paper 1B, Q2(b) (4 marks): Describe two differences in the forms of worship between Christianity and another religion you have studied.
November 2020, Spec B Paper 2B, Q3(a) (3 marks): Outline three forms of worship used by Christians.
November 2020, Spec B Paper 3B, Q3(d) (15 marks): *(d) “All worship should be liturgical.” Evaluate this statement considering arguments for and against. In your response you should: refer to Christian teaching
June 2019, Spec B Paper 1B, Q3(a) (3 marks): Outline three examples of non-liturgical worship.
June 2019, Spec B Paper 3B, Q3(b) (4 marks): Explain two reasons why Christians might choose to take part in liturgical worship.
June 2018, Spec A Paper 1B, Q2(a) (3 marks): Outline three ways a Christian may worship.
June 2018, Spec B Paper 1B, Q3(d) (15 marks): *(d) “All Christians should worship in the same way.” Evaluate this statement considering arguments for and against. In your response you should: refer to Chris
June 2018, Spec B Paper 2B, Q3(d) (15 marks): *(d) “Worship should have no formal structure.” Evaluate this statement considering arguments for and against. In your response you should: refer to Christian t

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