I don’t understand it,
but for SO SO SO many people, it seems to them that the 1 or 2 hours they’re in a church building on Sundays is
the most lifeless hour
in
their
week.
i ask for your thoughts on the subject…
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I think part of the issue (whether or not it is a major part, I’m not entirely sure) is that for most church goers, their service is an overarchingly passive experience.
The answer appears to be in your questions.
We sit.
We listen. (Or pretend to.)
Sure, there are moments when we stand and sing together, but in most American Church settings that I’ve experienced, the worship team has become the focus, thus taking the worship experience and inadvertently turning it into a concert experience. This is not to say that all of this is intended. I fully believe in the good intentions of so many who lead our services, but the unfortunate by-product of the way in which we go about forming our worship services lends the viewer to a passive role. An audience.
To be sure, I’m not entirely cynical about the way we “do church” here in the States. Go anywhere else and we could surely dissect and comment on the services we might observe there. Regardless, there is still a lot of work to be done here in the U.S., and unfortunately, I’m not seeing as much willingness to infuse creativity into Sunday mornings as I would think is needed.
I think a lot rests on the shoulders of the leaders for a lack of passion. The passions of the church must be driven to glorify God. The lifeless congregation is present out of expectation of attendance and not love of God.