John Cooper, founding member of the American Christian band Skillet, wrote on Facebook: “We must STOP making worship leaders and thought leaders or influencers or cool people or ‘relevant’ people the most influential people in Christendom. (And yes that includes people like me!) I’ve been saying for 20 years (and seemed probably quite judgmental to some of my peers) that we are in a dangerous place when the church is looking to 20 year old worship singers as our source of truth.
“We now have a church culture that learns who God is from singing modern praise songs rather than from the teachings of the Word.”
The lead vocalist criticised the public nature of declarations about their loss of faith by people like Joshua Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, and Hillsong worship leader Marty Sampson, saying: “I am stunned that the seemingly most important thing for these leaders who have lost their faith is to make such a bold new stance.
“Basically saying, ‘I’ve been living and preaching boldly something for 20 years and led generations of people with my teachings and now I no longer believe it..therefore I’m going to boldly and loudly tell people it was all wrong while I boldly and loudly lead people in to my next truth.’ I’m perplexed why they aren’t embarrassed? Humbled? Ashamed, fearful, confused? Why be so eager to continue leading people when you clearly don’t know where you are headed?”
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