The popular internetmonk blog received a loud response when he lamented the approach to corporate worship found within much of evangelicalism--"an approach that demands ridiculous levels of musical, technical and financial commitment and resources".
His points are worth serious reflection; here are a few.
"We have a lot of happy people right now. They have no idea what Biblical worship is outside of the context of their favorite songs played by a kickin’ band."
"We have tied ourselves to the Christian music industry and its endless appetite for change and profit.
"We have accepted that all of our worship leaders are going to be very, very young people."
"Worship is now a major audience event, led by skilled entertainers, aimed at a demographic and judged by the audience reaction."
"Let’s worship means the band will play. We need to give more time to worship doesn’t mean silent prayer or public scripture reading or any kind of participatory liturgy. It means music."
"Even singing is getting lost in this. As the volume and the performance level goes up, who knows who is singing?"
The elders at our church would be the first to tell you that our corporate worship has room for improvement. But what we are after is better congregational singing (i.e. more joyful and reverent). We're very thankful that our congregation isn't interested in the approach found in most evangelical churches today.
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