Megachurches that have to have “contemporary” services and “traditional” services to get a crowd make me barf. For these types of “churches,” it’s all about the money.
IMHO, Rock ‘n Roll has no place in a church service, period.
Yep, I’ve struggled with the music question for years. Our church does use a fair amount of contemporary music, and its not really rock n roll, but I’m an old timer, and I just can’t sing some of the new songs. They are too sophisticated in terms of melody. You’d have to be a professional singer to get it right. That’s one really good thing about the older music. It was better designed for full participation of the congregation. The new stuff is popularized by some professional recording artist and we get stuck trying to copy that. Doesn’t work real well, and it misses the point of singing as a form of collective worship. Also don’t like songs where you end up repeating the same phrase over and over and over. Drives me nuts. Oh well. The preaching and ministry is sound, so we keep trying to get through the music portion of the service. But I’m never going to be able to sing like those popular singers. Ain’t happening. Just sayin ...
Peace,
SR