Samuel Koranteng Pipim - Inventing New Styles of Worship

Inventing New Styles of Worship INVENTING NEW STYLES OF WORSHIP By Samuel Koranteng-Pipim, Ph. D Director, Public Campus Ministries, Michigan Conference Author, Must We Be Silent? and Receiving the Word     Much discussion is taking place over what forms of... More

Inventing New Styles of Worship INVENTING NEW STYLES OF WORSHIP By Samuel Koranteng-Pipim, Ph. D Director, Public Campus Ministries, Michigan Conference Author, Must We Be Silent? and Receiving the Word     Much discussion is taking place over what forms of worship are appropriate. Some alternative styles being tested are a combination of incompatible elements from other faiths. As long ago as December 17, 1990, a feature article in Newsweek magazine spoke of the 1990 s as “an age of mix em, match em salad-bar spirituality--Quakerpalians, charismatic Catholics, New Age Jews--where brand loyalty is a doctrine of the past and the customer is king. ” [1]     In contrast to the present trend toward cafeteria-style worship, the Bible recognizes only two kinds of worship, true worship and false worship. An attempt to marry true and false worship is known technically as syncretism, and biblically as "Babylon. "     Because God s faithful followers have always resisted drifting to Less