On Sunday we start a new sermon series based on our church mission statement: Loving God, Loving People. I bet a bajillion churches have that exact same statement, but that doesn’t worry us much. We had a fairly long strategic planning initiative a few years ago that led us to creating that statement. Based onContinue reading “Do we need to stop singing in worship?”
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Why I dislike church worship surveys very, very much
The pastors of the EC Church have a Facebook page. It’s a place where we pastors talk shop throughout the week, ask each other questions, debate, and so on. Recently a pastor friend of mine asked the following question: Has anyone ever surveyed their congregation regarding worship style? If so, do you have any questionsContinue reading “Why I dislike church worship surveys very, very much”
If God hated their worship, could he hate ours too? (Check out the podcast!)
So God hates worship services. The quotes affirming this in my previous post are from the prophecy of Amos. God isn’t mixing any words. It was a rather wealthy era in Israel’s history, and they were living it up. To be specific, this was during the years when Israel was split north (Israel) and southContinue reading “If God hated their worship, could he hate ours too? (Check out the podcast!)”
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