Worship Confusion

There is panic and confusion in the church these days.

The panic is caused by the dwindling number of church attendees. The depleting number of worshippers has driven the church to try all kinds of new fads to attract people into their fold. They pump up the music, simplify the sermon and shorten the service time; all in the hope that the people won’t leave.

Worship is about God and all who comes to Him ‘must worship in Spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).

True worship is God-centred and not man-centred. While trying to engage the congregation, the church must not manipulate and ‘stage’ an encounter with God. How easy it is to degenerate into gimmicks and entertainment in the guise of being ’relevant’! It will be tragic if people gauge how ‘good’ a worship is by how they feel.

Church size is neither a reflection of authentic worship nor style an indication of true spirituality. The church is an assembly of sincere God-seekers and a community of loving members.

God does not care about church customers. He is looking or God-lovers.

The church must leave the number game to God and stick to our calling to pursue God individually and corporately.