Was trying to search one up. While I have an already interesting one (which words I can't understand of course), I was wondering if you have a version to post?
I prefer the older ancient hymnography. Sometimes there may be newer settings (with certain characteristics remaining across all settings), but the words remain the same for thousands of years. They stand the test of time and become tools to both teach and worship. Scripture is brought to life through the music and theology is taught through the words we sing. This type of music was attractive to me when I was in college, so not all young people are attracted to contemporary Christian music. It is heavenly imho.I have moved from a local charismatic Baptist church to my local Parish church because I cannot stand churches that have worship bands playing this modern contempory ''Pop/Rock'' Christian worship songs.
I am officially a member of The Church Of England anyway,as I was brought up into it,was ''Christened'' as a baby and later when I came to faith I was ''Confirmed''.The Baptist church were also too over the top for me with their beliefs and they were putting pressure on me to be a member and also wanted me to have a proper Biblical baptism by Full Immersion.That would be wrong as ive been christened as a baby..also there is no reverence for God with this ''Pop/Rock'' type of modern contempory worship songs churches seem to be going for these days.Call me an old fashioned old fogey if you like,but i'm 67 now and I prefer a ''proper'' church service with the Liturgy.. I love the old hymns,the church choir and organ,but the Baptist church say that kind of worship is old fashioned,so ive left after sticking it two years and have gone back ''Home'' to my Traditional local Church Of England church and its so lovely to be back..i felt like I was in a ''Rock Concert'' at the Baptist church as it was all this modern worships songs with drums,guitars,keyboards,flute etc and flashing coloured lights over the stage which would change different colours during worship..i just got fed up of it and didn't feel like i'd been to church at all...so here I am back at my local Cofe church & its great to be back.
Does anyone else feel the same way? & prefers old Traditional hymns and a choir and organ and the Liturgy rather than been in a church which has Rock worship bands that play this modern contempory stuff.Would you rather attend a Church Of England church that has remained Traditional in its worship rather than gone all ''Happy Clappy''or do you like churches that use worship bands playing contempory modern worship songs..churches like Baptist,Pentecostal,Charismatic etc,or are you like me,prefering a liturgical Cofe church with a choir and the organ?
Do you think Contempory worship music with worship bands has any place in the church?
Even Christian radio such as UCB 2 & 1 and Premier play this noisy Christian contempory music so I don't listen to Christian radio..i stick with Angel Vintage or Classic FM,both on dab or online.Surely not EVERYONE likes this so called modern contempory Christian worship music...maybe they use it to attract the young people.
Here is Baba Yetu. One of my favorite songs of all time. It's neither contemporary nor traditional; it's Swahili. It is its own thing.
I enjoy rock and roll as well, and it is the music that gets my foot tapping. When I was teaching elementary school, I used to do Elvis impersonations and had a lot of fun. 10 years later I met a pupil (now 20 years old) who didn't remember anything I taught him, but he remembered the Elvis impersonations and how much he enjoyed them! (What does that say about my teaching??)I like all rock and roll covering a fifty year period of time, I have 70's playlist (and internet radio stations for all of these) a 80's one, a 90's one, a 2000's one, and now a 2010's one... or "two" cause I have stations and playlists of those decades of rock... And I like and thoroughly and highly enjoy them all equally...
"I love rock and roll put another dime in the jukebox baby"...
I listen to a lot of music, a lot of music, My favorite genre though is rock and roll, and I am constantly finding songs from those era's or years (mentioned above) and making and editing or creating and/or changing playlists, songs ect, all the time, and I can even download them to my phone for offline portable listening too...
God Bless!
When my church didn't have a pianist for a while, I used Youtube video clips of the Church of God singing well-known hymns. The way they sang them was really worshipful, fun and faith-building. I don't know what the staunch Presbyterian old ladies thought about them, but we had fun singing along with those video clips.While I was a prodigal for over 30 years I still listened to contemporary Christian music. I like to believe that it was one way that my Father held onto me. My tiny Baptist church has no music ministry, so our pastor plays two hymns on the piano during each service and we have two "contemporary" videos. They are mostly from the 1980s. Lol.
I have several CDs of Ralph Stanley which I play in my car while driving. They are great! I learned to play six chords on the banjo (I am a guitarist of 50yrs) and have played Ralph Stanley songs in church.I agree with the music, i hate it. I attend an evangelical church [tried many] and they all play the same horrible music. Give me the old time gospel blue grass
krowder hoe down i saw the light - Yahoo Video Search Results
bruce springsteen live in dublin - Yahoo Video Search Results
The interesting thing about Charles Wesley when he went looking for music to put to his hymns (and his hymns were the contemporary songs of his time), is that he found the traditional church music of his time boring, so we went around all the taverns and listened to their music, and used it for his hymns. He said, "Why should the devil have all the best tunes?"Nothing wrong with it. People using modern forms of artistry in expressing their faith isn't wrong. Not all their music is my type (i have a high distaste for any form of music that is after 95 to be honest) but for people to consider it wrong because "god should be taken seriously" are overly uptight.
But there is a vast difference to listening to a range of music for leisure and relaxation, and the type of music we use for worshiping God. We go to church to worship God and hear the word preached, not to be entertained. But there are many churches where the congregation sits passive and views the "performance" from the front, and so there is an entertainment aspect to churches like that. But in churches where 1 Corinthians 14:26 is the rule of practice, the entertainment factor diminishes as every member shares what God has given him or her for the building up of the church.
Having a music ministry to lead church singing is Scriptural. We see that in the Old Testament. Also, the whole range of musical instruments of the time was used as well - including cymbals! Traditionally, it were choirs which led the singing in churches; so, having a music group to lead church singing is good and enhances the church service.And that is a problem when it happens for sure. When it happens it is a problem of leadership though, not music style. My prior church we worked hard to prevent that from occurring, even though we played mostly contemporary praise and worship songs. There are clear ways to do that. Don't turn lights down. Keep volume at a level where the congregation can hear themselves singing. Lead by example - everyone on stage is singing even if only one or two are mic'd for part of the song. Select songs that are about praising God, focused on Him and directly tie to scripture. There is so much music out there it can be done without any trouble.
I hope you noticed i never said crowder as a whole and dont mind him once in awhile especially outside of church. He did a great remake of the music i like such as i saw the light. Thus that song alone as a single example did i give. The assumptions on this thread run deep.
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