Dr. Paul Westermeyer on Ending the Worship Wars

An interesting lecture, applicable to music ministry in all Churches, link found on ChurchNext TV.

http://churchnext.tv/2012/01/27/paul-westermeyer-ending-the-worship-wars/

Sure, they’ve been going on for centuries, but Dr. Paul Westermeyer of Luther Seminary says today’s church arguments over music have rarely been this mean-spirited – or this simple to solve (note the difference between simple and easy…).

Yes, liberating our congregations from the manipulative and emotion-based musical proclivities of the surrounding culture is our biggest challenge – but one that’s met by simply getting back to basics of helping the Church sing around Word, font and table.

Dr. Westermeyer unpacks this in a refreshing interview not only for church musicians, but all church leaders.