The Role of Singing in the Church

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"This is for encouragement of listeners, not to put you on the defensive," he says. "If that's their impression ... they aren't really exercising their gifts in the body of Christ." The minister of Word and sacrament is as much the recipient of Christ's gifts to the whole congregation as anyone in the church,. We are all caught up in this ministry together.

Many of us were raised in churches that downplayed the clergy-laity distinction. Every member, we were told, was a minister. Now, we’re in churches that take ordination seriously and that sees the biblical rationale for “office.” Maybe we’re even relieved to find that these churches don’t fill our calendars with a busy week of “ministry activities,” but instead prioritize Sunday worship. But where does that leave the laity? And where is the spiritual formation that happens when we live in community with one another? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller consider how the liturgy of our worship pushes back against the liturgies of the world. And they discuss the responsibility of members to exercise their spiritual gifts alongside their freedom to receive and rest on the Lord’s day.