Change could be good for Churches and congregants

I recently read an article that stated one should change churches every 5 years.  I laughed at that because in the 80s the same subject came up in a leadership magazine.  Being a student working on a masters in ministry I brought the article to class to share and ask opinions.  Well, that was as well received as the news of a new plant in the Dallas Fort Worth area that was going to meet in a store front in a non-traditional way and (gasp) no Sunday school, just home groups.

As I have stated in posts past, the past 4 years, or maybe last 6 years has opened my eyes to a lot of variation of worship.  We have the traditional, liturgical, and contemporary.  We wear suits and shorts, broughams and sandals, and more. 

But one of the issues we encounter is what we are used to or what we believe is the biblically approved way of worship.  “You didn’t sing the doxology after offertory. You always sing the doxology after offertory.” Of course one of my pet peeves is communion.  Oh boy, the arguments over that.  I learned quite a bit about the arguments when I took a class at Abilene Christian, which happens to be a Churches of Christ university.  Many from the Cambellite persuasion in the Christian church attend there as well.  One cup vs multiple cup vs frequency and placement in the service.