Thursday, October 19, 2006

So what is worship ministry? You decide...

Is worship ministry about:

a. worship leaders vs. song leaders, worship teams, microphones, rehearsals, tuning, pitchpipes, presentational songs, solos, stamps-baxter, classic hymns, traditional, contemporary, clapping, lifting hands, creative dramatic sketches, banners, new songs, old songs, notes-on-the-screen, singing schools, 4-part harmony, a cappella, instrumental, rules taught by men...

or

b. seeking the kingdom first daily, letting justice break in, pursuing right-being/living, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, lifting up the poor, visiting the sick, hugging the lonely, opening the Word, engaging the heart, living the Word, including the outcast, embracing the diseased, fasting and praying in the Spirit, imitating the Savior...

There is a right answer.

Let's pursue true worship, in spirit and in truth, with an undying passion.


Check out what one ministry in Dallas is doing to live worship out...

www.larryjamesurbandaily.blogspot.com

(tried to hyperlink that...sorry)

1 comment:

Drew Battistelli said...

Murray-

b.

I just haven't found a place that would let worship be solely about that, we're a little skewed in our perceptions. I know there are placews like PUMP and CDM and IMPACT and FORTRESS, but I'm not sure if they've got it all right either. I'm just glad God's giving me a lot of days to figure out how little old me can glorify God in big ways. He's doing it, just not as fast as many of us would want. He's also giving the church many ways to do that, even when we don't think so. We actually may be.