Who needs a worship band? Isn't a DJ capable of spinning the praise section of a church service with some worship CDs? i bet that the transitions would be much smoother as well (if you've got skills like Jarvis) You could build a pretty unique set.

So why not?

Like Doug said, just preference, some like electronic music and some don't, not a against/for way though.  Plus, it gives musicians their freedom to express themselves to God in worship.  Not only am I a DJ, I play bass guitar and certainly wouldn't want the band to disappear.  I worship both ways.

I'm going to build some bass lines and mix them with serato along with the band at church.  I also have some cool samples off of some old 700 club records that I will throw in there as well as some scratchin'.  

why...im just curious

That would allmost look like "church on fire"

I hope scenes like that WOULD happen and EVERYBODY WOULD JUST WORSHIP GOD!

It COULD.But it could happen also to members to worship bands...
So it has NOTHING TO DO WITH MUSIC YOU PLAY!
And YOUR ATTITUDE plays MOST PART.
You could feel like worshipped even when your pastor...or worship leader...
OUR ATTITUDE COUNTS.

But I still love worship bands like HILLSONG UNITED...

I've noticed these whatever you may call it...ppl usually don't like to ruin their traditions...and let the dj play worship...so attitudes are NOT EVEN NEARLY TO CHANGE...but we just to have to BLESS 'EM!

I would probably restate what vicar wrote as "it's still worth pursuing exposing/introducing people to worship through DJ-led worship." I get annoyed when someone says their way of worship is "the" way--or even a better way--to worship. (Not that I'm saying that was what vicar was saying.)

I'm currently working on introducing the concept of DJ-led worship at my church (it's supposed to be on the agenda of next week's youth leaders meeting and a youth leader trip to Club Worship is tentatively scheduled for February). So, it's been on my mind a bit.

I need to be careful in trying to expose people to DJ-led worship that I don't claim that there's anything inherently special or extraordinary about it. It's just another equally valid means of bringing people to a place of focused worship of God.

For me personally, it's my preferred way. It's the way I lose myself in worship the easiest. Sunday-morning, band-led, sing-along worship doesn't work great for me. I get distracted by the people around me easily. At times, I find it even worse than singing hymns because, with hymns, you pretty much know you're gonna do verse 1, chorus (if there is one), verse 2, and so on, so if you know a hymn, you're pretty much set without having to look at a songbook or projected lyrics. With "contemporary" worship band stuff, you're never quite sure how the band might progress through the song as far as order and repetition. I find that I spend most of my time focusing on the projection screen, making sure I'm singing the right words.

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I led worship on a youth sunday once and there where quite a few visitors that had showed up.  They were like, " Is it like this every Sunday?"  (They dug it)  And a lot of them were gray hairs.  It was pretty rad.  I had the kids and people that I knew where uninhibited worshippers come to the front.  And the Pastor was yelling and jumping around so that prolly helped too.

if you wanna see it done right check this out

worship being led from one guy and 2 imacs running ab live


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