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Good article on worship & music

Posted by admin on Mar 11, 2010 in Status updates | 0 comments

As a worship leader on staff at a Florida Baptist church, I’m on the list for a newsletter that goes out each month from Terry Williams, Director of Music & Worship Ministries at the Church Music Department of the Florida Baptist Convention. While I have to confess I usually don’t take the time to read all of it, I always enjoy the section at the end called “A Word on Worship”, where Terry includes a little note about a topic pertaining to this ministry, either written by him or shared from somewhere else. This month I was particularly blessed by an article he shared from the Barna Group, and decided to re-post it here. I hope it’s a blessing to you as well.

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FOCUS ON “WORSHIP WARS” HIDES THE REAL ISSUES REGARDING CONNECTION TO GOD
The Barna Group

According to data from a new study by researcher George Barna, the real issue on the “worship wars” is not the choice of music by churches but rather people’s interest in, understanding of, and engagement in the act of worshiping God.

“The major challenge,” according to Barna, “is not about how to use music to facilitate worship as much as it is to help people understand worship and have an intense passion to connect with God.”  Barna noted that relatively few churches have intense musical battles but most churches have too few people who truly engage God in worship.