I’m working on an article entitled “Moving Beyond the Worship Service.” The outline so far:
-Almost all churches, traditional, seeker, and postmodern, focus heavily on the worship service
-When we focus exclusively on the worship service, we ignore many other possibilities for our time together, from ancient spiritual practices to modern educational methods
-The worship service only allows a few people to exercise their spiritual gifts
-The worship service is not biblical, either in example or instruction.
-The worship service is expensive and time-consuming to produce.
-The sermon, the didactic portion of a worship service, is a terrible way to teach
-Worship services are mostly about music, which tends to divide people along the lines of their musical preferences rather than unite them in Christ.
Comments?
See the final version at http://www.radicalcongruency.com/archives/002793.php
…And now for more dubious opinions….
David-
I would prefer if you would elaborate rather than make a disparaging remark without context or explanation. But that’s up to you. Thanks for stopping by - I hope you took a look at the final form of the article.