I am presently doing a pretty in-depth study on the use of choirs in worship. In trying to seperate and "American Theology" of worship from a "Biblical Theology" of worship I am finding that our approach tends to be, "Tell me why I can't" rather than "Tell me why I should" when it comes to adding things to a worship service. Everything from the creation of the choir, to the placement of the choir, the selections of choir numbers, and even their place in the worship liturgy seem to reflect a 21st century i-pod mentality more than it does the character of God in heavenly worship.
One person told me, The choir serves to prepare my heart for receiving the Word." Never did it even occur to the person speaking that the work of heart preparation belongs to the Holy Spirit. Illumination is not something that man or song can accomplish. If the individual meant that the choir set the "mood" or got them "interested" in the word, then we have yet another problem of properly approaching the service of worship.
Your thoughts or discoveries in the theology of choir?

Our church uses a choir
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Our church sings primarily
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traditional hymn songs or the psalter (0%, 0 Votes)
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Worship is left totally to the individual conscience.
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God expects us to pattern our worship closely to that revealed in Scripture (0%, 0 Votes)
God accepts any worship as long as it is done in the spirit of orthodox chrisitanity (0%, 0 Votes)
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