Loudness In Churches.

[Scott Hutchinson]

I'm for people praising The Lord and expressing themselves in Praise and Worship.

However where did we get the idea to equate loudness with anointing ?

There are churches who are so loud that you can hear everything that goes on across the street just as loud as if you were the building.

Why do some group insist on extremely loud music and preaching ?

I certainly would not want to attend a Church or Christ service,but why so much volume in a lot of Spirit Filled congregations.

[Digging4Truth]

Why not?

We crank it up pretty good at our church and you can sure hear us in the parking lot. I'm not sure about across the street though.

But... we're giving a praise and we're giving it all we've got.

Dunno. volume for volumes sake isn't going to accompllish anything but I'm not afraid to give it my all and not look back.

We have drums, keyboard, electric guitars etc and all those things make noise. Then we have 6-8 singers on top of that and we're generally singing it out with all we've got. You could probably hear us in the parking lot if we didn't even have mic's.

But... I do know that you are a bluegrass/southern gospel fan and that type of music remains more subdued. I would imagine that music taste would have something to do with it too.

[Scott Hutchinson]

I understand what you are saying,but sometimes folks think if the music not loud,or if a preacher is not screaming then The Spirit can't move,or if a church is not mega loud then it must be dead.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

I understand what you are saying,but sometimes folks think if the music not loud,or if a preacher is not screaming then The Spirit can't move,or if a church is not mega loud then it must be dead.

Right... and I don't agree with their assessment in those cases.

We had a visiting preacher come here once and he preached a good sermon but... MAN... what's up with all the screaming. It's actually online and I could provide a link but then that would name the preacher and I don't want to do that. But he was screaming to the point that his voice became just a noise and I couldn't understand a lot of what he said. But what I could understand was a good thought.

I'm just glad that isn't the what we hear every week.

[Digging4Truth]

We do the music in a church that used to be more bluegrass oriented before we came and we have the same folks that complain every week about the noise. They'll say it's too loud and we'll do nothing and during service we'll get a thumbs up.

The deal is that they come in during practice when the church is empty and it's too loud they say but when the church fills up... it fits. But... every single week we go through the same thing.

Now... those who aren't on the complaining committee get with us and we have some wonderful moves of God. We have a group of young people who love God... give Him all their praise and know how to follow the spirit in a service and we have some amazing moves in the services.

But... next week... there will be a knock at the pastors office door again. And the next week... and the next week... and the next week...

This has been for nearly 2 years now.

[Steve Epley]

If it is too loud you are too old.

[Hoovie]

Scott, this topic deserves serious discussion. I will respond a bit later. Thanks for starting the thread! (please don't start posting dozens of videos of church of Christ and loud Pentecostal services lol!)

[Amanah]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

Scott, this topic deserves serious discussion. I will respond a bit later. Thanks for starting the thread! (please don't start posting dozens of videos of church of Christ and loud Pentecostal services lol!)

no vids of people rolling into the baptismal tank then i take it?

[Scott Hutchinson]

I'll lay off the videos and this is not meant to be critical,nor am I against modern Praise And Worship music.

But here's the thing suppose a teacher or preacher is a studious person and a person of prayer and burden and he or she is softspoken then they are labeled as boring and dry often times.

I understand some Christians are demonstrative than others,some are more reserved.
But to equate loudness with anointing would seem to be religious tradition.

God is not dead,neither is He deaf either.

[Cindy]

Great discussion, Scott.