There are some unspoken reasons to why Churches of Christ are a cappella.
Take this video for example…This is what would happen if we went instrumental and started incorporating “planned choreography” into our worship! (Thanks Mike for the link!)
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I think my brain actually melted during that. It wasn’t even the fact that it was choreography, but *what* they did with it. Oy.
I do think eventually the Church will have a renewal in dance/movement during worship, but once I did cut through the plastic coming from at least 2/3 of the team, I still couldn’t get around him moving his head over, as if it wasn’t fully attached to his neck. *chuckles* Guess now we’ve seen his holy head moves.
Lucas and I have been watching this over and over since Mike posted it. Almost as good as “Jesus is my Friend.” However, I can tell you that beyond a shadow of a doubt, a CofC going instrumental would never result in this! Even if they were actually able to get past the instruments, they’d never be able to get past the dancing! 🙂
PS- First instrumental night of worship at South Mac was a SMASHING success!
I noticed just how little good harmony these three produced. No wonder they were trying to cover up that fact.