Putting Your Church’s Music
Philosophy in Writing—part 9
Now
I am going to take the liberty of ranting and raving about the silence or
non-substantive comments about music philosophy that are found in the philosophical
statements of churches from the Wesleyan persuasion. I cannot speak specifically to the obvious
lack of specifity in these church ministry philosophies. The question is why are so many of these
published philosophies so non-descript or are completely silent concerning the nature,
value and meaning of church music?
Churches
normally publish what they consider to be essential core values of the church’s
ministry. So, apparently many of the churches
of the Wesleyan persuasion do not consider music ministry to be a core value or
they omit the mention of music ministry on purpose. Why would a church omit specifity about what
church attenders will experience when they show up on Sunday morning? Furthermore, I wonder why so many churches of
different theological persuasions do not publish written philosophies on the
net? For those who are offended by my
questions, I simply request that you reconsider your lack of publishing a
worship philosophy that includes specificity about the nature, value and
meaning of music. Prospective attenders
have a right to know how you music unto God before they attend your church’s
worship services.
If
your church has not published its music philosophy on your web site, I ask you
why not? Perhaps these excellent philosophical
statements about the nature, value and meaning of church music will stimulate
your thinking about musicing unto God in the context of worship. If you have not included philosophical
statements about music because you do not consider musicing unto God to be a
core value of your church, I ask Why not?
If you are a church of the Wesleyan persuasion and have published
excellent philosophical statements about musicing unto God in public worship
please send me your web site address.
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