Articulate as always, Jack Hayford, President of the Foursquare Church, comments in his blog post Waltzing with the World (July 20, 2006) - Today's world is shrinking, fast-changing and stunningly diverse, and it calls for sensitive and skilled leadership who can deliver God's Word in ways that "fit the world" they're reaching to.
Further, this call goes well beyond music styles, to summon our relevance at every point, in language, technology, dress, media, communications, architecture and so on. In short, 1 Corinthians 9:22, says it: We have a cultural mandate. It's that apostolic directive that commissions us to use "all possible means," a phrase meaning, "If you would 'reach the world,' communicate in ways it can understand." Technology, like music, the arts, etc. is neither inherently good nor evil but rather a means by which we might communicate our beliefs. Online technology becomes an neutral medium for the Church to influence and leave an impression on.
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