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What’s the next thing after rock and rap in church?
Think about it.
Fifty years ago, more than a decade before I was born, Rock and Pop were already on the scene. Groups like Peter, Paul, & Mary were just coming on the scene and people from the World War II generation decried Rock as the end of civilization.
Fast forward to the late seventies, and the eighties, rap steps into the forefront. In 1990, I actually had a teacher that allowed me to read rock lyrics as part of a poetry reading, but refused to let anyone read rap lyrics because rap wasn’t “recognized as an art medium yet.”
Now, both are firmly in the American culture. Many churches aren’t used to that fact, but it’s true.
So, what’s next?
What will our children be listening to in church?
Will churches enshrine the work of Michael W. Smith and D.C. Talk along with Fannie Crosby and Charles Wesley or will they move on to something like dj-led worship?
What do you think?
Curtis says
While the club form is new for church, the idea of using popular culture as a basis for worship is not new at all. Many of the original Lutheran hymns are a straight re-purposing of popular bar tunes that were, most likely, sung by many parishioners the night before. The same tune and melody, with different words. And Old Testament passages instruct us to make new music for the Lord.
Being a good Lutheran, I say as long as the meeting follows some semblance of a traditional order of worship, and contains elements of both Word (law & gospel) as well as Sacrament, and as long as the participants displayed a sufficient level of reference throughout the meeting, then it would qualify as worship for me.
Paul Clifford says
Agreed! I’m not saying use THE SAME songs, but I think this will be more and more popular in the next several years. David danced so hard for the Lord that his wife gave him grief about it. I’d rather get accused of being undignified than fall asleep.
Paul
Darin says
My only issue is with the dancing. Not because I’m against it, just because they’re not very good at it.
Peter says
Interestingly enough, this is something that we have recently tried at my church, Liquid Church. If you want to see how it really looked and felt, click over to my buddy’s blog here and watch the worship set… http://liquidchurch.typepad.com/more_than_20_minutes/2012/10/remixing-worship-at-liquid.html
What do you think?