Every once in a while Amy and Michelle share a much-needed discernment conversation we think would edify you in your walk with Christ. Amy recently sat down with our good friend Dave Jenkins on his podcast called Contending for the Word to talk about 5 reasons why your church should not be bringing in worship music from what we call the top 3: Bethel Church, Hillsong, and Elevation. We hope you enjoy it!
What You’ll Hear on This Episode
- Statistics on much money Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music make.
- The influence of Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music.
- How the music of Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music emotionally manipulate people.
- Five reasons why Christians and local churches should stop singing Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music.
- Examples of the false teaching of Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation.
- Biblical reasons why the source of our worship music matters.
- Why Christians should be concerned about listening to the music of Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music.
- How Christians should speak to their pastor about their concerns with Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music.
Resources:
Contending for the Word: Dave Jenkins Podcast
Discord: Why Your Church Should Reject Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music
Bethel, Hillsong, Elevation Worship Music– Amy Spreeman- Berean Research
Why Your Church Should Stop Playing Bethel, Hillsong, Elevation, and Jesus Culture– Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women
Bethel Church (Redding, CA)/Bethel Music/Jesus Culture– Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women
Transcripts are available at our YouTube channel and on the Apple Podcasts app.
Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!
Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed it and would like to give this to the pastor of the church that my husband and I have been attending. I had mentioned to this pastor one time about them playing Bethel, Hillsong and Elevation songs and his response was that he vets the music that will be played to see if it’s doctringly sound. But they are still playing it and supporting it, which is a big concern to me. We have been considering membership, but now I don’t know if this is the best thing. To respond to Dave’s question about why there are so many more people listening to these types of podcast versus other ones about various biblical subjects… Most people in their churches are getting messages about the Bible teachings and possibly Bible studies, etc, but what we’re not getting from the churches are messages on discernment. I understand the temptation of being lured by too many of these podcasts, but I do believe that this may be part of the reason people are leaning towards these types of podcast. At least for me….. Thank you for all your hard work and discernment.
Hi Karen,
Thanks for your kind words. I pray that your leadership will consider the impact songs from these sources have on their flock.