No, I'm not condemning the music of any indigenous people. They are worshipping the Lord in joy and reverence, and I'm sure He honors that. In fact, I'm not condemning any people. God knows what's in our hearts and minds.
But to me the heavy bass, electric guitars, electric keyboard, and other modern instruments sound more like the rock concerts of my youth than music for a church. Sometimes the sound is so overwhelmingly loud it's painful, and I fear my hearing is being damaged; I put my hands over my ears to ease the pain. This seems to me more like an effort to please and attract a young crowd accustomed to overamplified rock music, but it's a wasted effort since hardly any young people are there anyway.
I'm not asking anybody to stop worshipping this way. I just come in twenty minutes late when the rock concert is over.
No, I'm not condemning the music of any indigenous people.
I didn't mean to imply you were...I was using them as an example of the different types of worship in the world. We all have our own taste in music...but to call one type muck..to me is a condemnation of God's worship. So it isn't your cup of tea...well to be honest I prefer more worshipful music myself. It is my style..the way God made me to worship Him. But I cannot condemn or judge another person's way of worshiping our God. He wired and made them in a different way...they enjoy the loud music...I believe God does too.
God created music....all its forms...I believe His intention was to be worshiped in all forms of music...unfortunately some music (ex. rock n roll) has been perverted by the evil one and twisted to bring him glory....but I also believe God is a jealous God and wants the rock n roll loud music back..he wants it to be used as it was intended..to worship him. So satan stole it for a little while...I see nothing wrong with the church taking back what has been stolen and honoring and worshiping the Lord with it. Satan thinks he owns everything down here...but he doesn't ..God does...and that includes all the drums and basses, cymbals and electric guitars...the Bible talks about a day when the whole earth will worship Him in spirit and in truth...whole meaning ALL.....everything in it...even the rock and roll.
It's too bad your church has so few young people....our is brimming over with them....(I am one of the older generation there...51). Maybe the bigger question would be..why aren't they there? Music is such an important part of the youth scene...it just stands to reason that you can attract them by using something what is attractive to them....you speak their language...missionaries to Russia aren't going to speak to the natives there in spanish...it doesn't make sense....you can't draw a wayward teen with gregorian chants either....makes even less sense. The youth are the future of the church...if we don't attract them now..they will be harder to get later once they are set in their ways.
Missing corporate worship is a sad thing...so much happens during ours that it is hard to miss out on it..and yes we have guitars and drums...Up until a year and a half ago I was a worship leader in our church...taking a break from it for now...but I miss it alot....nothing better than getting caught up in the Spirit and singing songs to him. Maybe you can find another body with a worship team more to your liking...you are missing out on so much when you don't worship with the body.