“If Christianity [MUSIC MINISTRY] is dull and boring, if it is a burden and not a blessing, [UNFRUITFUL] then most likely we are involved in:
| a project, not a Person |
| a system, not a Savior, |
| rules rather than relationship. |
Followership is not:
| a religious thing, |
| a list of rules, |
| a host of rituals, |
| a philosophy of life, |
| or the best choice among other possible lifestyles. |
Authentic followers do not live for:
| liturgy or liberation. |
| Following is not celebration. |
| It is not contemporary or traditional. |
| It is not jubilant dance or compelling drama. |
| It is not preaching. |
| It is not praising. |
| It is not obeying or conforming… |
All the rest is because of Christ and for Christ.”
- Stowell, Joseph M., Following Christ Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1996. p.17-18.