Dynamic, Pentecostal-style Worship, with its Trance-like Meditation, Vain Repetitions, and Loud Music, is Hailed by the President of the North American Division as the Future of Adventism

More than 800 people crowded into the Patmos Chapel Seventh-day Adventist Church in Apopka, Florida, on Sabbath morning, March 18, 2023, to hear the Patmos Chapel SDA Church Praise Team, the Dynamic Praise Choir from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Sabbath sermon from North American Division President G. Alexander Bryant. Just prior to President Bryant's message, there was a dynamic worship service that included singing, dancing, jumping, clapping, raising hands, trance-like meditation, and a lot of vain repetitions. The song leader referred to this as a manifestation of Jesus' presence during the praise service.

Just before President Bryan delivered his sermon, he made the following remarks about the dynamic worship experience, as seen in a video:

"Let the church say 'Amen.' If you've been blessed today, say 'Hallelujah.' If you really, really been blessed, let me hear you say, 'Praise the Lord.' My heart is filled, and I must admit, I must confess, Pastor Doggette, I've heard about the worship experience at Patmos. Now I have experienced it, and it is wonderful, uplifting, and spirit-filled. Let's say 'amen' everybody, to dynamic praise, 'amen' everybody, and to children's choir, 'amen' everybody. Thank you for your worship experience. Thank you for lifting your voices and giving praise to our God. I would like to extend my congratulations to you on behalf of the 1.2 million members of the North American Division. And Dr. Doggette, thank you for your visionary leadership. Amen everybody. I travel all over this division, and I meet with world leaders. In fact, I met with just 2,000 world leaders just this past Tuesday and Wednesday. And you know what the emphasis is in the world church. It is to have a place like this place … The Seventh-day Adventist Church is moving in that direction." (YouTube video).

Later in the afternoon, the energetic concert continued. The musical selections were strikingly similar to those frequently found in many Sunday-keeping Pentecostal churches. It is clear that corporate worship is moving farther and farther away from what God intended when we consider the latest musical and worship trends in Adventism.

Satan's type of worship is being urged within Adventism. And as we will see in Part 2, President G. Alexander Bryant has a vision for the future of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America that includes dynamic worship styles as well as other significant changes for our local churches. Ready or not, the changes are coming.

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