 Sure, these worship wars have been going on forever, but Dr. Paul Westermeyer of Luther Seminary suggests today's church arguments over music have rarely been as mean-spirited as today – or this simple to solve (note the difference between simple and easy…).
Yes, liberating our congregations from the manipulative and emotion-based musical proclivities of the surrounding culture is our biggest challenge – but one that's met by simply getting back to basics of helping the Church sing around Word, font and table.
Dr. Westermeyer unpacks this in a refreshing interview not only for church musicians, but all church leaders.
Dr. Paul Westermeyer says the biggest challenge to today's church worship is capitulation to a culture that's based on consumerism and greed – in which bigger is better, and growing my piece of the pie is Job #1. In this interview Dr. Paul tells us that church music is not a commodity but for the glory of God and the edification of humanity.
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