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It's high energy, it's doubtlessly inspiring and the band and choir rock out with a passion. My discussion with Lara and Mark moves into questions about the tensions between worship and performance. Lara shares, "I believe that any worship team should be inspirational.
We've always said that our platform is our shop window. When people see it, do they see the life of Christ, or do they see a group of miserable people? God's given us life in all its fullness and so we just want to express that. So we just have a time of freedom, relaxation and enjoyment and we just have a great time basically. I can pick it up in a second, in a heartbeat! I can see when someone has just switched it on and it's like a familiarity thing.
But if it's real, you know that as well. It's such an awesome privilege. You see people and I think that is just one of the most amazing things. Sometimes I think, 'I wish our whole church could stand up here and look out and see what we're seeing. I suggest that this approach is totally the opposite to what Matt Redman teaches which is that the role of the worship leader is to be invisible. Lara responds, "I have to disagree with that. It's like a preacher, if you're going to preach you can't be invisible.
Lara comments, "Yeah but that's a heart issue and only God can see into your heart, people can't. They can see what they want to see, because some people can say, 'Wow, the worship was fantastic today.
The most important thing to me is that Heaven is our audience. And whether or not you like the way that Abundant Life Ministries does church, one thing cannot be doubted.
There's plenty of fruit to be seen. The church has a vast number of ministries reaching into the local community from feeding the poor to counseling those who need help. The church enjoys good favour from the people of Bradford and there is no doubt that their brand of high energy worship captured on their live albums is enjoyed by those who are part of the church and many outside its walls. Paul Scanlon's preaching is a popular part of the God Channel and judging from the atmosphere in the seater auditorium the night I visited, 'God Is Here'.
Now i love to buy abundant life church album God bless Come on people! We don't all have to jump around to show we are praising God, and if you don't it doesn't mean that you're miserable either! When will churches realise that the pressure to be something you're not is sometimes unbearable! I wonder, if i didn't have white teeth, perfect hair and look amazing would i be allowed in those churches???
I would like to introduce myself as Pastor M. Please kindly support us, visit us, minister to our people, your kind fellowship enables us to do a great ministry in India. We are looking for your kind cooperation in the name of Jesus Christ. Prayerfully waiting for your kind reply. Am married to Agnes and blessed with 3 girls mercy of 12, faith of 4 and esther of 3 years. From the 1st song to the last song you really feel the presence of God.
My mum and dad get so blessed whenever "voice of hope" plays. She led a seminar on worship. Not the crowds of thousands but a tiny group of a dozen. Not on a stage with lights but in a circle of plastic chairs in a tent.
Her teaching was brought with humility and compassion. Not glitsy or way out but just sufficiently in front to lead people to a realistic next step. There is reality about Lara [reply] [report abuse] View more reader comments on this article The opinions expressed in the Reader Comments are not necessarily those held by Cross Rhythms. Add your comment We welcome your opinions but libellous and abusive comments are not allowed.
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Kickstart Voluntary Opportunities Work Experience. Abundant Life: The Bradford mega-church with a worldwide influence. Published in the CR Mag Lara Martin. That was distracting. Also, I know some people who attend Abundant Life and I kept looking around to see if I recognised anyone.
The main distraction, though, was the way in which every other sentence was greeted with a whoop from the congregation. Happy clappy to the nth degree. It was practically a rock concert! Very much a performance based worship style. Everyone seemed to be doing as they wished, and with great enthusiasm. There were some people dancing in the open spaces and others skateboarding up and down the half pipe onstage. I don't think she'd be much different in a face to face conversation. Her sermon raised some points of controversy among my companions and me, which I shall come to later.
The pastor spoke on identity and the direction we walk in. Many of us struggle with identity in and out of the church. Part of this has to do with falling into relationships or friendships without thinking about them. We end up walking alongside people who are going somewhere different from us, and this prevents us from being who God wants us to be. There seemed to be too much of a focus on the church rather than Jesus or helping the world. The emphasis seemed to be on building up the church for the church's sake.
I may be wrong, as this was my only visit, but it seemed a very insular, inward looking faith. And my companions and I disagreed on whether the sermon implied that we should abandon our friends who happen not to be Christian, or merely distance ourselves from them if they act in a way that we disagree with. The pastor also seemed to say that we should have an agenda for our friendships which appalled me.
I think it all depends on how you were listening to it.
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