A "Blackface" Pastor and His Jam: Young Christians are in Trouble

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Here's another informative and disturbing video from the great YouTube channel BezelT3. This time he's reviewing video footage from (yet another) conference, "The Awakening Conference" and this embarrassing speech from Chad Veach:

Does God Really Need Rock Bands? 3 Worship Team Dropouts Talk About It

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All 3 of these guys used to play in the worship band but now they all go to a liturgical church and worship out of a hymnal. Steve Kozar talks with his son, Andrew, and their good friend John Wiedenbeck, in this very funny, interesting and (probably) offensive episode of The Messed Up Church Podcast. Find out what changed their minds:

Andrew Kozar (left); Steven Kozar (center); John Wiedenbeck (right)

Andrew Kozar (left); Steven Kozar (center); John Wiedenbeck (right)

Just for fun, here's an old photo of John & Andrew when they were about 15 years old and Steve (the slightly irresponsible Dad) brought them to a Steve Vai concert:

10 Signs a Church May Be Trying Too Hard to Be Hipster

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Here's a thought-provoking article from former Evangelical worship leader, Miguel Ruiz:

10 Signs a Church May Be Trying Too Hard to Be Hipster

 

Here's another article with some similar (and interesting) points from Methodist writer, Jonathan Aigner:

13 Reasons I Never Joined the Contemporary Worship Movement 

 

Here's another article from Miguel from earlier in the year:

Confessions of a Former Worship Leader