The talk on spiritual gifts went well and certainly raised the issue!
We have had several excellent contributions since then, including spiritual songs, and new people contributing. Both are really exciting, as are reports of tongues and interpretations in cell groups.
It is amazing how "charismatic" so quickly becomes "contemporary" and the gifts of the spirit take a backseat.
It is all food for thought, and part of the journey our Church is on.
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It is amazing how "charismatic" so quickly becomes "contemporary" and the gifts of the spirit take a backseat.
That's so true, and it's something we have to constantly guard against. We can get used to the packaging of 'charismatic worship' and think we're doing the stuff just because we have projectors and drumkits.
I did a post about 'charismatic flavoured' worship a little while ago. You might want to take a look.
Yeah that is a very good post.
I think part of the issue is Christian conferences. On a larger scale, something like Spring Harvest, the worship is great, but is often more like a gig and very front led.
That has then become what "good worship" looks / sounds like, and people like Hillsongs have developed a Sunday worship formula that captures the energy of it.
Then smaller Churches, see larger growing Churches and want to look like them to become like them, and actually lose the terrific opportunities their smaller scale provides for body ministry in worship.
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