This is a good thought on how there is differences between churches and depending on your own tastes (pardon the pun) – you need to go to a church that feeds you depending on your flavour requirements.

Not to be over critical, but…this all seems a little subjective and off the main objective of Church. If worship is about how we feel, then fine pick one like you pick an ice cream. But if Church is the Bride of Christ, who corporately worships Him each Lord’s day, then there must be some objectivity regarding how He requires to be worshiped.

In my opinion you are expressing, quite well, one of the major reasons why Christendom is no longer the salt. If we are to operate Church to supply the flavors of ice cream we have missed the point. Maybe we should consider that when using the entire Bible, God reveals what is good and what is strange fire. He determines how He is to be worshiped. Our duty is obedience to His Word, not our own subjective tastes.

I am not saying back to the 50’s. In fact I believe we are experiencing God’s covenant judgment for the emphases the Church had back then (and even back another 50 years). What I am saying is that we should not be wanting to determine Church worship subjectively and in an autonomous fashion. We should want to submit to what the Scriptures teach and also consider all of Church history (from Adam to now).

To be somewhat provocative…most of us would cringe at weighty hymns and Psalms and a liturgy that expresses some order because we have been raised to enjoy ice cream instead of the meat of God’s Word (which has to be chewed and chewed).

You need to go to a Church that is obediently faithful to Christ in all things, including how He is worshiped. Over time, junk food is never good for you..it corrupts and rots!

It has been said that culture is religion externalised. So while there may be slight variation, most Churches should feel/look similar. Our Churches should be fashioning themselves after the world. In fact a worship service should be user unfriendly to outsiders. If an unbeliever entered they should be struck with an obedient people and fall on their faces due to the heaviness of their sin. We have a long way to go…

I agree with much of what you have said…but! Many who have progressed this thinking to its logical conclusion have opened the way to a Church having many different services to cater for many different tastes (etc). Over time, the young separate from the old. Enter many modern Churches. This is not good. God intends men, women and children of all ages (i.e. His covenant people) to worship Him together (i.e. as one body). So we see a created “generation gap.”

So when selecting a Church I believe it very important to evaluate it on Scriptural basis. This includes assessing a potential Church in terms of; “does it worship together across the age groups?”

I still think the primary point of whether I should join a Church or not should be whether that Church is obedient to God’s entire Word. Yes, no Church is perfect. Any Church that is seeking to be obedient will be a place where God can and will use me, in all the capacities you suggest. This is different to selecting a Church on the basis to believing I will be most useful (etc) there.