{"id":6342,"date":"2011-09-30T07:39:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T07:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2019-08-02T11:35:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T11:35:07","slug":"worship-wars-6-do-we-love-our-traditions-more-than-we-love-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars-6-do-we-love-our-traditions-more-than-we-love-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wars 6: Do We Love Our Traditions More Than We Love People?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">My last post looked at what it means to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars-5-having-a-missionary-mindset\/\">missionary mindset in our times of corporate worship<\/a>. Continuing in this same direction, I have uploaded a video of Bruce Frank, lead pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church in Arden, NC, USA, recorded at the 2010 annual meeting of the Baptist State Convention of NC (USA). \u00a0In it, Bruce asks, \u201cDo we love our traditions more than we love people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">While Dr. Frank\u2019s comments were directed to a much wider audience than worship leaders, I believe the message is very applicable to matters of corporate worship. I encourage you to sit back and listen carefully to his words.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoJG914Hzs8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">Next post, we will consider\u00a0<em>unified<\/em> worship, a better term for\u00a0<em>blended<\/em> worship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\">As always, I invite your comments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: x-small; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px;\"><em>Kenny Lamm<\/em><em>,\u00a0senior consultant for worship and music for the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbaptist.org\/\"><em>Baptist State Convention of North Carolina<\/em><\/a><em>, is a frequent worship conference leader with a strong focus on equipping leaders in North Carolina (USA) and Southeast Asia. His blog, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.RenewingWorshipNC.org\/\"><em>Renewing Worship<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0features posts that\u00a0explore ways to renew&#8211;impart new life and vigor to&#8211;the worship in the local church.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><strong style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Other posts you might like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">Worship Wars \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars\/\">Part 1<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars-2-the-inner-struggle\/\">Part 2<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars-3-ending-the-worship-war-without-a-truce\/\">Part 3<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars-4-it-might-be-time-to-move-away-from-tradition\/\">Part 4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-wars-5-having-a-missionary-mindset\/\">Part 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/building-and-pastoring-our-worship-teams-notes-from-aaron-keyes-seminar\/\">Building and pastoring our worship teams \u2013 Aaron Keyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/dealing-with-the-challenges-of-leading-worship-in-small-churches\/\">Dealing with the challenges of leading worship in a small church<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\">Under resourced, under staffed and playing songs that looked dated 15 years ago<\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px;\"><a style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #ff6600; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/how-to-move-a-church-from-traditional-to-contemporary-worship-styles\/\">How to move a church from traditional to contemporary worship styles<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"outline-width: 0px; 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