Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams.
Our Southern Baptist Church is plum full of teenagers and we sing songs like 'I'll fly away' 'Victory in Jesus' In the sweet by and by' old stuff and yet they still love it.
ICK!
Obviously these churches don't much pride in their regular Sunday morning music program or else they wouldn't have a need to bring in pre-recorded tracks.
I remember back in the late 80's when rap hit the church and I was in a service where they presented it,
I got up and left and a elder stoped me and asked me why I was leaving and I said you all are dragging Jesus back into Egypt. I said come out of Egypt and forget the leaks, garlic, and the flesh pots! He did not appreciate what I said but he knew where I was coming from.
Lev 10:1-2
1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
(KJV)
Listen....
... can you hear the Episcopal death rattle?
I can.
"Lord, your servant Bono didst sacrifice himself in the recording studio for all our sakes and didst selflessly put down track after track that we might better know the sacred mysteries of Your love. Grant that through the beauty of his angelic melodies and earthy expletives, we may come to know and serve you always. We ask this, in Jesus name. Amen."
St. f*#!!&g Bono...............pray for us........
Blessed Edge, patron saint of raucous noise.......pray for us.