I was in a Brethen church before and the worship session is from
8am - 9am and after which is preaching. During the 1 hour, there is
no worship leader. Any male can stand up and point to a hymn and we
the organist will play and we sing. There are times when no one
spoke up and so the one hour passed with no singing and just for
reflection and personal worship.
Now, I was in this church for almost 2 years and I understand every
church has their idea or an orderly worship. But to say that your
style of worship is orderly while another style which is nosier is
disorderly is not exactly right. And I left the church becos I
could not stand how they just dismissed every thing that does not
fit into their standards which I am afraid, many of them are not
relevant anymore.
I do like the fundamentalist teachings in being biblical based and
doing what the bereans did. That is what God gave us the bible for
anyway. But the way they dismissed alot of things are not to be
desired.
I like the charismatics becos they bring alot of relevance to our
christian beliefs. But I do have a worry is that charimatics have a
tendency to believe by sight rather than faith (which is what u
mean, experential worship or belief)
I think both sides have plenty to learn as christians. And for
fundamentalists at least they should see that God can be a relevant
God without breaking the boundaries.
