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Dare you to try this

Acts Mod Posts: 25305 **4/5/21 12:41 pm**

Next Sunday, don't use your usual praise and worship team. Use a baritone to lead in a lower key and sing all classic hymns. Use simple keyboard accompaniment with maybe a drummer.
Observe your congregation.
I'd be willing to bet that you will notice them actually singing and will actually be able to hear their voices. The reason I suggested a single baritone voice is one of the main reasons people aren't singing is because the newer songs are in higher keys and the people are overwhelmed often by the instruments. So they resign themselves to be spectators.

Try it as an experiment.
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Acts-celerater Posts: 787 **4/7/21 6:43 am**

I was watching a Baptist service on YouTube recently that did what you are suggesting. How refreshing! And you're right, nearly everyone was singing along. I can see however that most churches would not want to do this for fear of being perceived as going backwards. I think far too many churches have succumbed to the performance mentality and don't even know it.
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Acts Mod Posts: 25305 **4/7/21 6:49 am**

Re: Dare you to try this

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Re: Dare you to try this

Acts Mod Posts: 25305 **4/9/21 1:13 pm**

Acts-dicted Posts: 7604 **4/9/21 8:41 pm**

[quote="FLRon"]I was watching a Baptist service on YouTube recently that did what you are suggesting. How refreshing! And you're right, nearly everyone was singing along. I can see however that most churches would not want to do this for fear of being perceived as going backwards. I think far too many churches have succumbed to the performance mentality and don't even know it.[/quote

I think your right.

If someone tries this experiment, post the results

Acts Mod Posts: 25305 **4/10/21 7:06 am**

It would make interesting reading
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Acts-perienced Poster Posts: 11849 **4/10/21 10:34 am**

Acts-celerater Posts: 787 **4/11/21 12:35 pm**

â€œBut the smoke from the smog machine doesn't look as cool with the lights upâ€.Smile

For sure. I was at a meeting recently in Tampa where the fog machine was cranking just about as much as the bass drum was. The younger folks loved it, which is cool. As for me, not so much.
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“Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”
Voddie Baucham