Here it is:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
The piece is written from the Southern Baptist perspective with one of the opening points here:
When one looks at the state of contemporary worship in our churches, then looks at our seminaries’ curriculum, some work needs to be done. When many of our worship services are led by guitars, drums, and other electrical instruments which are more in line with what one hears on the radio, they may question the necessity for coming to seminary to be a worship leader and learning how
- to conduct a choir (many churches now simply have praise teams);
- study hymnology (many churches work overtime to divorce themselves from the constraints of the past — which is what the ‘hymns’ represent);
- learn to sing or play classical pieces (what ministry would most people see in having someone play a Bach Prelude and Fuge or a Brahms Intermezzo for a worship service?)
1 comment:
This is true. With the advent of "Contemporary" worship, one would think there would be development in programs that train leaders in this type of worship leadership. However, that is not the case as I see it. It seems as though the only requirment for leading this type of worship is to have the ability to play and instrument or sing. There is little to no emphasis on finding people who have a background in leading congregational singing. This of course has led to worship as concert and placing the congregation on the sidelines of what is happening. Seminaries are not addressing the need to train these leaders and that is the direction I believe the church must go.
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