It is the presence of jesus that people who thirst for Him seek when they go to church

[mikeforjesus]

Others try to remove worship songs from the church

These songs listed in the link was originally written by protestants

Shepherd of My Soul : Shepherd of My Soul

When I am alone a relevant song comes to me and speaks to me

http://media.tasbeha.org/mp3/Songs/...d_of_My_Soul/05.If_you're_Tired_and_Weary.mp3

It is originally written by don francisco

http://media.tasbeha.org/mp3/Songs/...erd_of_My_Soul/09.You_are_My_Hiding_Place.mp3

Here I see others know it too

 

[peregrinus2017]

I think you put this in the wrong place.

 

[mikeforjesus]

Why do you say so ? It is the right place voice in the desert is oriental orthodox the site tasbeha.org is an oriental orthodox site and it shows they have in the past embraced those songs to sing them I am not sure whether they think they should still sing them or not

 

[prodromos]

Why do you say so ? It is the right place voice in the desert is oriental orthodox the site tasbeha.org is an oriental orthodox site and it shows they have in the past embraced those songs to sing them I am not sure whether they think they should still sing them or not

Someone on the tasbeha.org forum uploaded the song. What was the topic of the thread you found the link in? I very much doubt they would be singing Protestant songs in their Divine Services.

 

[mikeforjesus]

There is a section just for songs that it is promoted. There was no topic. And I mean singing those songs in youth meetings not liturgies

Songs

 

[prodromos]

There is a section just for songs that it is promoted

Songs

From what I can tell, tasbeha.org is not an official site of the Coptic Orthodox Church, so I don't know what you can really determine from that site.

 

[mikeforjesus]

True but churches had endured it before.

 

[prodromos]

True but churches had endured it before.

Endured what?

 

[mikeforjesus]

By endured I mean they had allowed such songs being sung in youth meetings even if they were not sure it should be or most were okay with it until they had been allowed to be convinced by others it is not good

 

[prodromos]

By endured I mean they had allowed such songs being sung in youth meetings even if they were not sure it should be or most were okay with it until they had been allowed to be convinced by others it is not good

As long as they don't convey bad theology there is nothing particularly bad about them. It probably has more to do with the younger generation not keeping their mother tongue, so they've made use of English language praise songs from Protestant sources rather than writing their own. Hopefully they have now made the effort to produce their own songs more in keeping with the traditions of their faith.

 

[peregrinus2017]

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable may come along, but from my understanding, there has been a history of protestant groups trying to infiltrate and reform the Coptic Church. I know that there are bishops, such as H.G. Bishop Abanoub, and I think H.G. Bishop Serapion who have quite vocally condemned such influence.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

Someone on the tasbeha.org forum uploaded the song. What was the topic of the thread you found the link in? I very much doubt they would be singing Protestant songs in their Divine Services.

lol yeah we don't. They sometimes can be sung in more informal gatherings, like during Christmas you can have children's choirs sing some traditional Protestant seasonal hymns, and youth groups sings stuff like that in their meetings.