So, today Chris hands me a postcard he gets for some media/tech conference. I read through it…blah blah blah…then on the “who should attend” it lists:
-Pastors, Senior Pastors, Executive Pastors
-Facilities Manager, Operations Managers
-Technical Directors, Media Ministers, Tech Staff
-Business Administrators & Building Committee Members
-Lay leaders, Church staff, and Volunteers
-Architects, Design Firms & Installation Professionals
-Professionals in the Worship Market
Besides the obvious fact of “EVERYONE” that was completely overstated, what in the world is the “worship market?”
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That’s what I could find anyway.
This would be classified under the “we’re trying to sound like a cool conference” category.
:)
I think it’s kind of like a meat market, but for worship leaders.
digerati pastors need not attend….
We have a group of quilters at our church….apparently they wouldn’t be welcome either.
i can’t think of anything really funny, but I just had to comment because I think the “worship market” is funny…
“Thinkers outside the box or boothe?” ….or Someone who knows the most about theatrical lighting to gain competitive edge….hmm…you make those of us in the full-time ministry enlightened by your wisdom and wit! Thanks!
I don’t know but I hate having my faith turn me into a demographic, someone to be marketed to. I can almost see Jesus fashioning a whip…
You know….the market where us Christians sell worship?!?! See “I Like Michael Moore (Part 2) :)
“Money, get back.
Im all right jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, its a hit.
Dont give me that do goody good b******t.
Im in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a lear jet.”
I’m such a synic these days. I really should just stck to reading the “Paris Hilton”blogs
k – you forgot:
“…but if you ask for a rise, it’s no surprise that they’re giving none away…”
The Worship Market… that’s funny… I keep thinking of that scene in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” where the scalpers are selling rocks to people on their way to the stoning…
if there’s a meat market for worship leaders, someone should clue me in as where to find it. :)
It’s like the new york stock exchange, but we trade “baseball card” like pieces of cardstock that list their different attributes.
-breathy voice
-good talking between songs
-ability to get the crowd jumping
-heavenly language coercing
I’ll trade you my 3 casting crowns and a third day for one Matt Redman!
worship market = the fastest growing Christian Industry in the US and beyond…
making money off of worshipers and worship leaders by selling “encounters” with God through:
music,
lighting,
albums,
instruments,
MIDI mixes,
digital music programs,
soundboards,
computers,
t-shirts,
microphones,
hair products,
magazines,
sheet music,
worship leading conferences…..
buy all these things and your church will have a great worship service.
that’s why they call it the worship market.
Worship Market… Worship Market…
Worship… Market… Worship… and Market…
Worship:
- to render religious reverence and homage to.
- to feel an adoring reverence or regard for.
Market:
- a meeting of people for selling and buying.
- a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity
I’ll just quote the Lord Jesus: ” “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer (Isaiah 56:7), but ‘you make it a den of robbers (Jeremiah 7:11).”
(…and that’s not even taking it out of context.)
It scares me to think of who’s mind this came out of. “Hey guys, I got a great idea… the church is going to love how cool this sounds.” I cringe.
Wow! American Christianity is such a big, big business! No wonder we’re getting so much attention from the secular industries now. God sure is blessing us isn’t he!?!
… (all followed by a hacking vomit sound)
eww, that IS gross.
The worship market. Sounds like a market in a foreign country where a group of dazed and confused Americans in T-shirts, shorts and white socks are trying to haggle for a better price.
Worship has never been and never will be a market. Jesus said that God is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth.
I guess, to be fair, I should say, “Poor choice of words, but I know what they mean.” And, of course, I do. But the word “professionals” bothers me, too.
To provide a bit o’ biblical perspective to all, I would highly recommend John Piper’s fantastic book “Brothers, We Are Not Professionals.” Worship is so, so vital. Nothing else strips off the veneer and reveals the state of our hearts quite like worshipping God deeply in spirit and truth.
worship and market….two words that probably shouldn’t be used together
guess someone has to do it, altho air guitar worship could also be making a come back ;)