Our Philosophy of music is guided by two principles:
1) We believe theology leads to doxology.
We desire a larger view of the worship leader. A worship leader teaches theology. They put words in the mouths of God's people. They put prayers in the mouth of the flock of God. They teach theology. The worship leader must view singing as discipleship. They teach people how to approach God, how to pray, how to praise, and who God is. We ask our people, “If you only learned your theology from songs in church: what would you know about God, the cross, the resurrection, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, creation, justification, regeneration, the church, or sin?”
“Show me your church’s songs and I’ll show you their theology.”
2) We believe Jesus perfects our worship. (1 Peter 2:5)
It’s easy to be distracted by an off-key vocalist or an out-of-tune guitar. That’s why skilled musicianship is commended in the Bible (Psalm 33:3). We desire undistracted excellence. If there is a stumbling block to someone coming to Christ, let it be the cross and not poor musicianship. However, we never want to forget that what makes our music acceptable to God is not our performance, but that Jesus takes all our offerings of worship and perfects them as he presents them to the Father.