{"id":256763,"date":"2024-11-27T22:18:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/churches-overestimate-music-breeding-arrogant-musicians-unfaithful-members\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T22:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:18:39","slug":"churches-overestimate-music-breeding-arrogant-musicians-unfaithful-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/churches-overestimate-music-breeding-arrogant-musicians-unfaithful-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches \u2018overestimate music\u2019, breeding arrogant musicians, unfaithful members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/498\/49869756.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea\" title=\"Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">\u201cWe overestimate music,\u201d Pastor Josh Laryea has observed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve made it appear as though a church cannot grow without music. It\u2019s a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taller Dee, host of &#8216;Journey to Heaven&#8217; on No.1 FM 105.3, had asked about the role of Gospel music in spiritual growth.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Pastor Laryea challenged the popular notion among pastors that: \u201cYou have to have quality machines; you have to go and poach a praise and worship leader; hire instrumentalists, and until you have it, your church will not grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To buttress his point, he said, \u201cFor over seven months,\u201d he had his church singing without music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bandsmen were there, but I made them sit down,\u201d he added. \u201cI said, \u2018Let\u2019s test it and see\u2019. And we all realised we overestimate [music].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kharis Centre International leader and musician bemoaned, \u201cSometimes we act as if when a gospel musician comes to your church to sing, your church will grow overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, he noted, \u201cPeople can follow him and come, and right after he is done, they will go,\u201d and \u201cif they stay, they\u2019ll cause problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter observed, \u201cIn the charismatic church, the music plays like 65 percent of the service, giving the musicians even more time than the pastor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overtime, he added, the musicians have come to wrongly believe \u201cthey carry the church even more than the pastor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis mentality we all grew up with is what brings the arrogance, opulence, and belief that we [musicians] build and sustain the church,\u201d Pastor Laryea noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea \u201cWe overestimate music,\u201d Pastor Josh Laryea has observed. \u201cWe\u2019ve made it appear as though a church cannot grow without music. 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