contemporary is passe'

After my last blog i got in a conversation with some folks who are desperate to get kids to come to thier church. They wonder why thier congregation is old, gray and dissapearing. I had to hold back the lafter when they asked if i thought adding a contemporary service to thier offerings was a good idea. She assured me the question was probably mute, as she was sure the congregation would not vote in favor of the change. I guess to me, a gen x er, Contemorary worship (feminie looking 30 something guy up front in a golf shirt, jeans and clogs playing acoustic guitar) is the new traditional. The emergent style, experiential, tactical, relevant, sensual worship is perhaps the new contemporary. For those that dont read about the emergent movement, its totally foreign. Its scarry that churches are still debating contmporary. While debating if they could handle the change, or if the new music was offensive to God, or if they thought that worship should be relevant to each person, they missed all the 40 and 50 somethings who have teens. The 20's and 30' and thier toddlers will never dawn the door. THey have failed in the call to go to all the world and make disciples of all men. So thier stubbornness and closedmindedness actually pushed 4 seperate generations from the church. And now, transisition from Traditional to experiential is not even on the radarThis church will shut down in 10 years or less. I often wonder why so many church plants of the emergent style are popping up? Ive often wondered why so many? Why are they competing with the present churches? I guess the answer is that all those traditional churches are done in 10 years and those who think they are hip in thier jeans and clogs are done in 20. THe connection to my first blog is somewhat of an answer of the issue. The church is not supposed to be a big place with lots of peoples. THe small house or community church can easily flex to the needs of the group, and the purpose never changes. Celebration styles will need to change, but can be done just as easily as the transition of horse shoes to lawn jarts.