Can a Christian tell me something??

Question

I go to a Free Will Church and we have a dance team, what I am asking is, can children actually go around dancing all over the Church? During the Sermon can the children come out of the Youth room and walk through the Church for no apparent reason? Just walk through? Should this be a concern to talk about with the Pastor, my husband doesn't want to go to church because of the distractions. I am wondering if this is normal for a quote unquote "Free Will" Church?

Also, should there be someone that is in control of these children?

Answer 1

you should voice your concern that it may be or become a distraction. Concern never hurt. What if God was convicting someone of their sin... they were listening intently to the sermon, and then a child just randomly starts walking around, it would distract the person and they may lose focus and become disinterested... not good. Just voice your concern. If the pastor thinks that it's not a problem, at least you let him know, and it's off your chest.

God bless, and let me know if I can be of any more help.

Answer 2

Well, I use to be Pentecostal and we never had a dance team, I don't even really know what that is. But people did get out in the isles and danced when the felt the Spirit led them to worship. It's there way of worshiping God. But there should be some kind of order in the church. I wouldn't go to the pastor about this, I don't know what he would do about it, It is normal for a free will church since they are kind of like Pentecostals. If it distracts you I would suggest going to another church. And if the children are just walking around and not praising God, then yes that is rude and out of order, they should have more reverence for the house of God, if you want to approach the pastor, just be sure to do it in a reverent way, it sounds like the parents need some more discipline to discipline their kids.

Answer 3

Sounds like there is not much order in your chuch meetings.
Its crucial that the young ones learn to have some order during the time when they meet. That they learn to sit and listen... learn that there is a time and a place for everything. Learn to be respectful when the word is being shared or when someone is praying or fellowshipping in the church meetings.

I can definately see where it can be a distraction to the older people listening to a sermon and then there is sudden dancing and noise by little ones. To me this concept of a free will church needs to be looked into carefully and prayerfully by both you and your husband. The lessons that even your own children learn in this kind of enviromnent can probably give them the wrong impression of how we ought to conduct ourselves in the house of God.

Our whole soul.. with the Mind Will and Emotions has to be regulated and transformed by the Lord in us. Maybe you should look more closely at the teachings that are practiced at this church and see if they match up to the word of God... see if what is done there was admonished by the apostles. I have read the word through and i cannot recall where paul or peter or john encouraged this kind of thing. In fact... even in the matter of speaking or exercising the gifts ..it should be done in order.. since Our God IS a God of Order:)

Peace

Answer 4

I am a worship dancer and used to assist with a childrens dance team.
God is a God of order. There is a time and place for dancing, worshipping and movement in the church. This is not to say that there are not times whenthe Holy Spirit is directing us off of the prescribed path and we might worship longer, minister in dance or wind up having prayer insead of a sermon- BUT when the Holy Spirit moves this way, the whole church is moved and it flows from the top, from the pastor- if the pastor resists then it is on him and the rest of the church should not usurp his authority at that time.
I am not familiar with Free Will church but it sounds like man's will as opposed to God's will. When the pastor is preaching, there should be respect and reverence in the sanctuary and not a lot of activity and people just moving around doing their own thing. If the youth want to be dancing in worship then they should be doing so under some type of leadership in another area of the chruch, otherwise they should be sitting in the sanctuary with their parents learning and growing in the word.
The pastor should be spoken to and it is his responsibility to keep order in the church.
I used to walk around our church after service quieting the children because often times when church was dismissed, people would stay and pray for each other and minister and counsel each other. Those that stayed just to chat would allow their children to run rampant distracting and disturbing those who were still praying and ministering. Children should be taught to be aware of what is going on around them and to act accordingly with respect and consideration for those around them

Answer 5

I'm a brazillian and over here we have all sorts of diferent churches, some of them do have a whole lot of dancing singing, and some escalate to a lot of noise and lack of order, at leas aparently. Particularly I don't like it, still i don't think its wrong, its just the way these people have to worship and praise God, it works for them, and sience they take christianity and the Bible very seriously i assume it works for God also, so its ok.
Still i wouldnt feel confortable attending one of these churches, mine is more "traditional" (i don't know if thats the right therm).

You should try looking for another church, one that satisfy you an in which you can make yourself useful for the community and for God.
If you are a member of the free will for a long time now and have created ties there than go see the Pastor, listen to him, talk to your housbant and of course, talk to God about it, he will tell you what to do.

Paz de Cristo

Answer 6

There is a fine line to be walked here. Dance in an orderly fashion is a perfectly acceptable form of worship and while Church should have Order as it is important we always need to keep in the back of our minds that Jesus himself told us "suffer the little children to come unto me for such is the Kingdom of heaven"

Sounds like a conversation with the Pastor could be helpful all around

Answer 7

I think in my opinion there should be some orgainzation. I cant possibly see a child dancing in the middle of the aisle while the sermon is being preached. There is a time and place for that. Do you have a youth sunday where children and teens do some of the programming (MC, prayer, reading a bible verse) that is where the dance team can shine, but to dance just anytime and anyplace is a big distraction and it shows lack of supervision

Answer 8

David danced before the ark, why should not children dance in church? I agree that pehaps a little more decency and decorum might be less distracting and you should communicate your needs to the pastor, but remember you are part of a community.

Answer 9

as long as its limited to going to the restroom and stuff like that, it should be ok, but if they're just up and walking around and there is a lot of roaming back and forth then they need to have a little respect. Its not just because its church, anyone who is up speaking deserves to be able to speak without any interruptions. They wouldn't be up and constantly roaming around in school when their teacher is talking, so they should have the same respect when the preacher is up giving the sermon.

Answer 10

David danced through the streets naked...I think it is perfectly fine for children to be dancing for Jesus.I love seeing young people dancing and singing and worshipping. Wow how lucky to have spirit minded youth in your church!

Would you rather them dancing for man? Prob. not

As far as walking through the sermon? If it is way out of hand, the pastor(hopefully) will give some direction to those in charge.