“I’d love to hear that or even that old time gospel music.”
For a few years we “settled” for the more modern church services with Contemporary “Christian” music, airy-fairy sermons, and casual services. We moved in June and are thrilled to have found a traditional church that’s much like the churches of the ‘50s and ‘60s. They use actual hymnals and sing hymns like, “My Sins Are Blotted Out I Know”, “There Is A Fountain”, “Stepping In The Light”, “Amazing Grace” (the way it’s written, not all funky and theatrical), “My Faith Has Found A Resting Place”.
Sermons are great, 100% Bible based, with no tap-dancing around issues, whether religious or political. They’re respectful and dignified. Members dress appropriately for church. The children behave perfectly.
Prior to that, the reason why we considered not going to church at all was because all the Baptist churches we’d found in our area of TN have gone “off the deep end” and modern.
My church does have a rather conservative message considering the liberal area we live in. The people that come to our church come from varied backgrounds. Most are broken people, lonely and seeking help.
If I could change my church, I would have them look at preparing all members for mission work, even if that mission work is just spreading the gospel to their neighbors at home. Then I would try to mix up the music.