Worship: Reverence vs. Relevance

An interesting link popped up in my twitter feed today – LifeWay is putting together a one day event they’re calling “Worship: Reverence vs. Relevance.” They’re bringing together Ed Stetzer and Mike Harland (I don’t know either dude personally but I’m assuming that lots of people will take their opinions on the matter very seriously. I’m familiar with Ed and his work, haven’t heard of Mike) to duke it out on the issue and I’m sure there will be lots of good, biblical insight in the discussion.

Here’s a little blurb from their website describing what the day is about –

Never before in the history of the church has there been as great a divide among pastors about what it means to “worship” in church. Feelings have been hurt, the work of the Gospel has been hindered, hearing aids have been blown and staff members have been fired over controversies that the rest of the world just looks at and folds their arms over. At the heart is the question: do we need worship ministries that are in the world, but not of it, or that are of the world, but not in it? What fulfills the calling of scripture?

If you’re interested, you can register for the webcast which happens on September 1st at 2:00pm CST (I think that’s 3:00 my time?) and it looks like it’s free. I’m intrigued by the topic and look forward to hearing about how it plays out on September 1st.