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Worship leaders around the globe are sadly changing their church building'southward worship (frequently unintentionally) into a spectator outcome, and people aren't singing anymore.
Before discussing our nowadays situation, permit'southward look back into history. Prior to the Reformation, worship was largely done for the people. The music was performed past professional musicians and sung in an unfamiliar language (Latin). The Reformation gave worship back to the people, including congregational singing which employed elementary, attainable tunes with solid, scriptural lyrics in the language of the people. Worship in one case once again became participatory. The development of the printed hymnal brought with it an explosion of congregational singing and the church's dearest for singing increased. With the advent of new video technologies, churches began to project the lyrics of their songs on a screen, and the number of songs at a church'southward disposal increased exponentially. [1] At first, this advance in technology led to more than powerful congregational singing, but soon, a shift in worship leadership began to motion the congregation back to pre-Reformation pew potatoes (spectators). What has occurred could be summed upward as the re-professionalization of church music and the loss of a key goal of worship leading – enabling the people to sing their praises to God. Just put, nosotros are breeding a culture of spectators in our churches, changing what should be a participative worship environment to a concert outcome. Worship is moving to its pre-Reformation mess. Worship is moving to its pre-Reformation mess. Click To Tweet
I see 9 reasons congregations aren't singing anymore:
1. They don't know the songs.
With the release of new songs weekly and the increased birthing of locally-written songs, worship leaders are providing a steady diet of the latest, greatest worship songs. Indeed, we should be singing new songs, but too high a rate of new song inclusion in worship tin impale our participation charge per unit and turn the congregation into spectators. I run into this all the time. I advocate doing no more than one new song in a worship service, and then repeating the song on and off for several weeks until it becomes known by the congregation. People worship best with songs they know, so nosotros need to teach and reinforce the new expressions of worship. (more)
2. We are singing songs not suitable for congregational singing.
There are lots of great, new worship songs today, but in the vast puddle of new songs, many are non suitable for congregational singing by virtue of their rhythms (too hard for the boilerplate singer) or as well wide of a range (consider the average singer—non the vocal superstar on stage).
iii. Nosotros are singing in keys as well loftier for the average singer.
The people we are leading in worship generally have a express range and do not have a loftier range. When we pitch songs in keys that are too loftier, the congregation will cease singing, tire out, and somewhen quit, condign spectators. Remember that our responsibility is to enable the congregation to sing their praises, non to showcase our great platform voices by pitching songs in our power ranges. The basic range of the average singer is an octave and a fourth from A to D (more).
four. The congregation can't hear people around them singing.
If our music is also loud for people to hear each other singing, information technology is too loud. Conversely, if the music is too serenity, generally, the congregation will neglect to sing out with ability. Find the right balance—strong, but non over-bearing.
5. We have created worship services which are spectator events, edifice a operation environs.
I am a stiff advocate of setting a great environment for worship including lighting, visuals, inclusion of the arts, and much more. However when our environments accept things to a level that calls undue attention to those on stage or distracts from our worship of God, we have gone too far. Excellence – yes. Highly professional person performance – no.
six. The congregation feels they are non expected to sing.
As worship leaders, we oft get so involved in our professional production of worship that we fail to be accurate, invite the congregation into the journey of worship, and then practise all nosotros can to facilitate that experience in singing familiar songs, new songs introduced properly, and all sung in the proper congregational range. (more)
seven. We fail to have a common body of hymnody.
With the availability of and then many new songs, nosotros often become haphazard in our worship planning, pulling songs from and so many sources without reinforcing the songs and helping the congregation to take them on every bit a regular expression of their worship. In the old days, the hymnal was that repository. Today, we need to create song lists to employ in planning our times of worship. (more than)
8. Worship leaders ad lib too much.
Go along the melody clear and strong. The congregation is made upwardly of sheep with limited ranges and limited musical ability. When we devious from the melody to advertizement lib, the sheep try to follow us and stop upwards frustrated and quit singing. Some advertisement lib is nice and can enhance worship, merely don't let it lead your sheep astray.
nine. Worship leaders are not connecting with the congregation
We ofttimes get caught up in our world of amazing music production and lose sight of our purpose of helping the congregation to voice their worship. Allow them know you await them to sing. Quote the Bible to promote their expressions of worship. Stay alarm to how well the congregation is tracking with you and modify course equally needed. (more)
In one case worship leaders regain the vision of enabling the congregation to exist participants in the journey of corporate worship, I believe we can return worship to the people once once more. Nine Reasons People Aren't Singing in Worship Click To Tweet Worship leader, are yous connecting with the congregation? Click To Tweet
Are you experiencing STYLE conflicts in worship? more than
[one] see David Murrow's splendid post, Why Men Accept Stopped Singing in Church.
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