May 09 2008
Poll: Have you ever left a church primarily because of music style?
Tagged Under : church, poll, worship
I promise I have no way of finding out who you are based upon your answers. So let the anonymity of the internet comfort you so that you may answer truthfully. And then hopefully you are convicted and repent publicly 
See the poll in the right hand side bar of the page and if you feel like you need to justify your answer then feel free to comment.
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I have been to a number of churches where I didn’t respond to the music or worship style but that was never a factor in going or not going to that church. I think there are a number of things that go into a decision like that and a lot of times the worship style is indicative of a number of values of the church so it can be a good barometer.
It is hard to leave a church because of the music when you are the pastor… or your Dad is… or you are on staff. LOL I probably should not have voted on this one.
Yeah you just ask the worship style to leave your church, not the other way around.
lol… very true but sometimes you wish you could leave your own church because of music but I am very grateful that I do not have the issue now. You are a great music leader and I am blessed. But I have had that issue in the past even when I was leading I wanted to leave because I sucked that bad… LOL
I don’t think style of music should be a deciding reason to stay or leave, apart from the volume aspect of style, which I understand how it’s possible for it to just be too loud.
I have heard ‘music’ that was so horribly performed that it was unmusical, however, and that has been a major factor in me not returning to certain church services. Painfully discordant arhythmic funeral dirge is not a musical style.
Jeff: Can we make a bumper sticker out of that last sentence? That’s gold.
You have my permission.
Unfortunately the experience isn’t gold.