Leaving Hypocrisy, Not the Church
Friday, February 23, 2007
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The Christian Post had an interesting article about why students are leaving the church. A good thought about authenticity for sure. Here's a clip:
JGSenior Pastor Jim Shaddix describes his church as "somewhat contemporary." It has a robed choir and a praise team, hymnals and Brooklyn Tabernacle songs, and a big screen. One elderly lady believes the church needs to incorporate more hymnals into their worship services while the twenty-somethings want to ditch the choir and the robes. "What is a pastor to do?" Shaddix posed at a recent Southern Baptist conference.
"We generalize this trend as simply a choice between the traditional and contemporary," he noted.
But Shaddix does not see it in that light. Young people, he believes, are not opposed to hymns. In fact, they sing revisions of hymnals sung by contemporary artists such as Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman. And they are not opposed to the organ, or else many of them would walk out of ball games. Pastors clad in a suit and tie are also not a turnoff to the younger generation who watch late night show hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman run their monologues in a suit and tie.
Beyond the form of traditional churches and worship styles, young people, who are labeled as the future of the church, are opposed to the "fabricated Christian culture" within the traditional churches.
"They're opposed to the lifeless and heartless way we often sing those hymns," Shaddix said at the second Baptist Identity Conference in Jackson, Tenn.
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1 Comments:
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At 2/24/2007,
Jeff Smith said...
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Wow, you can hear the hammer hitting the nail with that one. So true. "Traditional" look is not bad it is the LIFELESSNESS. Be real and honest. Let your faith be more than words. Feel your faith. Ummmmmm, good article. Thanks Josh
