OK, I'm known for opening cans of worms, but here goes: Picture: You are the worship leader in a fairly new church. As scripture tells us, your desire is to play "skillfully"; New attendees come up to you after service and want to know how they can get on the worship team and how soon can they play. Your response is: (fill in the blank)(I have my own opinions but will reserve them for now!)
OK! hahaha.. JT.. don't hit me... but this is my take... I know many people will disagree... The Church is the family of God and if we get down to it, we in the west have made it just waaaaay too professional. I think it's all about family. touching God and loving each other...God will come down in power through a guy out in Thailand with 3 chords no rhtym and an out of tune guitar (seen this)....... BEAT ME SENSELESS IF YOU WILL... but i think the church worship team should pretty much be a free-for-all with one exception... the persons involved are living for Christ... I think all our awesome, tooled, pro teams should be done on the side as para church. The western church has just become an entertainment center largely. The church in Acts...everyone brought s song or a word or a tongue or interpretation....I have been around long enough to know that you can't have the team you want in the church and be "the church".... so get an awesome team together, play in and out of the church and it will be special. I think God is more concerned about being inclusive and loving on the folks in the service... That's my take... .. here come the rocks!! noooooooooooo!
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