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Originally Posted by lily
I love the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir type music, etc.
I notice in UPC churches today the Hillsong type music and performance is a norm and I truly detest it. It's a dealbreaker for me. I truly hope this music trend dies out.
The last church I regularly attended was a small PAW church for about 5 years. There was none of the stage stuff and screen with the shallow Hillsong style music, just good ol' worship music.
When I attended UPC churches several years ago it was mainly choir music, just good powerful Pentecostal worship music which I love. I'm sure everyone's seen Bro. Spell's services since he and his church have become infamous on the news. I like their music style, definitely no Hillsong stuff there.
I visited a church last Sunday and I basically had to sit and grit my teeth and bear the Hillsong music style I detest, which is always seemingly accompanied by that nauseatingly annoying sing songy "talk" the worship leader does, a la Hillsong style. It's basically like fingernails on a chalkboard for me. I had to repent and tell God sorry, but I just couldn't deal with it. Won't be back for sure.
What has happened to the music in UPC churches?? ��
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First, you confuse your favorite genre of music with being more anointed than another. I hate worship genre wars, where people try to pit their favorite against others. Quite frankly it's stupid.
PAW is a black organization, Tony Spell's church music style utilizes mostly black Gospel music (location and audience). Side note: I watched a service in which Tony Spell sang a song by Andre Crouch. That dude HATED Apostolic Pentecostals. Back in the late 70s, my family and some friends went to a concert by Andre Crouch where he ranted several minutes against A/Ps. Yet every church I've visited or attended has sung at least one, if not more, songs written by Andre.
Personally, I like black Gospel music. I love Saints in Praise, the old Carlton Pearson, Walter Hawkins, Donnie McClurkin, Marvin Winans, and the list could go on and on.
I like the early 2000 Hillsong music. I like many of Clint Brown's songs.
Speaking as someone who has been a music director/worship leader in several churches in a couple of different states, the genre may change, but the anointing should not.
When I first began, at the church where I grew up, it was old school choruses and the Sing Unto the Lord hymnal, along with a couple of choir songs on Sunday nights.
My second church was in a small town surrounded by farms. It was still some old school choruses, with a little country gospel mixed in.
I moved to the southwest where it was Hillsong, Martha Munizzi, and Israel Houghton.
The second church here was predominately Hispanic. Welcome Marcos Witt and other latin artists.
My third church here was predominately black. I was actually called out by a sweet "church mother" who sang in the praise team because I wasn't using more black gospel and they liked black gospel music.
My current church is a small UPC church, mostly over the age of 60. They like old school choruses and country gospel.
In each one of these churches, it wasn't about the genre of music. The genre changed depending on the makeup of the congregation and their culture. But what didn't change was the worship.
Don't get so stuck on your personal preference and not worship because it's not your style. It's not about you or the style of music. It should always be about HIM.
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