Worship is a key component to Christianity. Christians praise, and worship their God and Jesus for the work he did on the cross and continues to do in our lives every day. When it comes to the style of corporate worship or even individual worship many times a debate arises in our churches.
Typically those of an older generation prefer to stick to singing hymns as churches have done for centuries. And a good portion of the current generation are fans of Chris Tomlin, Superchick and Mercy Me (contemporary christian artists). So who is singing the right music according to the bible? They both are. Hymns sing in the third person about our amazing God and contemporary music is praise that is sung to Him. Though it is important that others hear the message of the gospel through hymns, it is equally important to sing praises to the God who saved you!
My home church split into two services over this issue. In the morning was contemporary and the later service was hymns. Despite the fact my younger generation has trouble getting up in the morning, and attendance slacked in the service they appreciated the music more in, this did not solve the problem. Fellowship is a key part of any church and the people of a church should not be divided. There are a few things most of us can agree on, and that is that a church needs to be centered on the word of God, have fellowship and is a positive place (not a place to just argue).
So what's the answer to the problem? You have to sing both praises and hymns. Grandma and grandpa will be happy as well as your unruly teenager. And most importantly, our great God will recieve a little of the adoration he deserves.
