21 September 2015 A.D. What Worship Style Attracts the Millenials
21 September 2015 A.D. What
Worship Style Attracts the Millenials
Rainer, Thom S. “What Worship Style Attracts the
Millenials.” Aquila Report. 6 Apr
2014. http://theaquilareport.com/what-worship-style-attracts-the-millennials/. Accessed 18 Sept 2015.
What Worship Style Attracts the Millennials?
Their
focus is on theologically rich music, authenticity, and quality that reflects
adequate preparation in time and prayer
And
you will hear Millennials speak less and less about worship style. Their focus
is on theologically rich music, authenticity, and quality that reflects
adequate preparation in time and prayer. But they will walk away from
congregations that are still fighting about style of music, hymnals or screen
projections, or choirs or praise teams. Those are not essential issues to
Millennials, and they don’t desire to waste their time hearing Christians fight
about such matters.
My
son, Jess Rainer, and I recently spoke in Texas on the topic of the
Millennials, America’s largest generation of nearly 79 million persons. Because
we co-authored a book entitled The Millennials, we have had the
opportunity to speak on the subject on many occasions.
We
reminded this audience in Dallas of the birth dates of this generation, 1980 to
2000, and then proceeded to share our research. We had commissioned LifeWay
Research to survey 1,200 of the older Millennials; the researchers did an
outstanding job. We have thus been able to share incredible amounts of data and
insights from these young adults.
The
Question about Worship Style
As
in most of our speaking settings, we allow a portion of our presentation to be
a time of questions and answers. And inevitably someone will ask us about the
worship style preferences of the Millennials.
Typically
the context of the question emanates from a background of nearly three decades
of “worship wars.” In other words, on what “side” are the Millennials?
Traditional? Contemporary? Or somewhere on the nebulous spectrum of blended
styles?
The
Three Things That Matter Most
1. They desire the
music to have rich content.
2. The Millennials
desire authenticity in a worship service
3. This large
generation does want a quality worship service.
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