Of the necessary adjustments attributed to the Reformation, congregational participation is perhaps one of the most all-encompassing and lasting. In a Western society which discouraged participation in corporate worship, Reformers gave hope to believers by implementing the vernacular language, music accessible to the common person, and a biblical canon in the language of the people. Congregants were given the resources to participate in worship and did so with potency. Centuries of expansion, however, brought the church to where it is now regarding worship: a place of consumer-driven and self-centered worship practice. Perhaps subconscious and unintended, the elaboration of what the Reformers intended with congregational participation has caused a morphing in perspective. Shifting back to the original goal of congregational participation is not impossible but requires two primary proposals. This paper will examine two primary differences between today’s worship practices and the Reformation’s concept of congregational participation. Furthermore, two essential proposals will be presented to inhibit the continuation of these two detrimental realities of modern Christian worship.