TV Screens Cause Rift at Megachurch
- Posted on April 28, 2006
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Marler is a leader among a vocal group of attendees who have called for high-definition televisions in the sanctuary. "Our God is an awesome God," he said. "We do him a disservice when we pixelate our praise."
Church leaders have tried to quell the growing disenchantment by promising other improvements to their Gospel proclamation. "We're putting in an all-new DVD system that can play all kinds of different formats," said media minister John Mason. "We felt like the old system was really boxing in the Spirit by not being able to play DivX and .mp3 files."
[from Horn+Swoggled] A fight over TV screens in the sanctuary has caused a congregational rift at Praise Him Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. The trouble started when the congregation’s board of directors voted to install three giant televisions in the main worship center. Members unanimously praised the concept, but many expressed disappointment with the implementation.
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danny on Mon, May 01, 2006
Ok, my bad. Didn’t see the source. Reacted immediately. Guilty as charged. The bad news is that, based on my experience, this was not remotely out of the question as a church rift topic. But, having said that…......
I feel SO punked!! LOL
CindiCF on Mon, May 01, 2006
Poor Jason - all concerned about pixelating praise yet expressing himself with a tired old tune (God bless the talented late Rich Mullins) that refers to an awesome God who “ain’t just puttin’ on the ritz…” That line always makes me laugh because it reminds me of the scene in “Young Frankenstein” where the doctor and the monster are dancing and singing…. (Please spare me posts doubting my sanctification because I like Mel Brooks movies) Seriously, if God gave you a funny bone that appreciates healthy satire and dry humor, you have to visit http://www.larknews.com and http://www.churchmarketingsucks.com. Remember - Jesus came to take away our sins, not our minds :c)
Todd - Not That Todd on Mon, May 01, 2006
Three quick observations:
1: No matter what type of humorous post is offered someone will turn it into a mega church vs small church or culturally relevant church vs old time religion argument.
2: No matter how extreme a farce is offered, we live in such extreme days that it could possibly have happened somewhere in the US.
5: God loves a good sense of humor.
David Brazeal on Mon, May 01, 2006
Todd (not that Todd) is more right on Point #2 than he probably realizes! The comments at Horn+Swoggled are pretty funny sometimes—unintentionally. When someone like Todd (yes, that Todd) posts a link to my blog, it brings in a bunch of people who aren’t aware that the whole thing is satire. And I am constantly amazed at how many people take it seriously! It makes it kind of hard to write satire when real life is so outlandish, but I have fun doing it anyway.
lizmeyer on Mon, May 01, 2006
Todd, I was disappointed you hadn’t gone for a “light screen” that’s used in concerts. BTW: the pixelation problem still occurs on 16:9 depending how you compress, tape etc. Photoshop has a nice “filter” called Stained Glass window in case the congregation would wish to project a window or avant garde cross, then the projector could do double duty in the budget.
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