"Yet it was his openness to new cultural styles, including laid-back music and funky fashions of California's early surfer scene, that helped him reach young idealists and inspire a trend toward seeker-sensitive congregations...his impact can be seen in every church service that has electric guitar-driven worship, hip casually-dressed pastors, and 40-minute sermons consisting of verse-by-verse Bible expositions peppered with pop-culture references and counterculture slang."
Rest in peace, servant of God ... but I wish you hadn't helped wreck traditional worship. Still, God's will be done.
God rest his soul. I agree with your assessment, FRiend.
That was the pipeline that brought Greg Laurie to the Lord. God Bless you Pastor Smith. I heard many a great sermon from you and Greg Laurie.
Rest in peace, servant of God ... but I wish you hadn’t helped wreck traditional worship. Still, God’s will be done.
...amen to that...I know the fellow had a godly heart, but the concept of ‘seeker-sensitive congregations’ has led to a lax laity more concerned with its own comfort than with worship...summer masses in a typical suburban Catholic Church are filled with people who appear headed to the beach for a day of fun...
but I wish you hadn’t helped wreck traditional worship. Still, God’s will be done.