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Trans-European Division Pathfinder Camporee 2023 - Our Worship is Being Changed to Imitate the Churches of Babylon
The Trans-European Division (TED) of Seventh-day Adventists held its annual Pathfinder Camporee in Sopron, Hungary, from July 25 to August 1, 2023. Over 2,000 young people from all over the TED attended the international youth event. Regrettably, the young people were made to participate in the new contemporary style of worship, which included loud music, drums, fog machines, flashing lights, jumping, and dancing. This has become a recurring phenomenon at our youth events worldwide.
Camporees and other youth activities now feature this new style of worship. The Pathfinder organizers are adopting the world's standard as the new criteria for their gatherings. It's the new status quo. What was only seen on the outer fringes of Adventism has now become mainstream, while the sacred hymns handed down to us by the Protestant Reformation and our Adventist Pioneers have now become rare.
Our worship has been hijacked. Who voted for these unauthorized changes? When were these wrong decisions made at the highest levels of the church to replace the piano and sacred songs with drums, flashing lights, and fog machines?
At which world session did the delegates vote on this? Or did God approve of this change in His inspired writings? Absolutely not! Therefore, what the Pathfinder organization is doing worldwide and what is taking place at other youth events in our divisions, unions, and conferences is erroneous, invalid, and must be rejected.
First of all, neither the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy nor the Scriptures provide any support for the changes in worship styles. Second, because they have never been put to a vote by the General Conference in session, they are supposed to be unofficial and unauthorized in any Adventist setting. Our pioneers strongly opposed these forms of worship. And over the years, Adventists have consistently rejected them, but after 60 years of ecumenism, not only has our worship changed, but so has our mission and message.
The new worship styles that we are seeing today not only violate God's inspired writings, but they also clearly go against the established church policies of previous generations of Seventh-day Adventists. Notice what the official church manual says about music:
• "We should exercise great care in the choice of music in our homes, social gatherings, schools, and churches. Any melody partaking of the nature of jazz, rock, or related hybrid forms, or any language expressing foolish or trivial sentiments, will be shunned." (Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual, p. 156).
Rap, hip-hop, techno, and other contemporary styles can also be added to the list of hybrid forms of music that "will be shunned." Unfortunately, what is being shunned today is God's clear counsel given to us through the writing of the Spirit of Prophecy. The Adventist movement was shaped by this unique gift. The counsel given to us about music comes to us by the Holy Spirit through God's chosen prophet. It is not Sister White's advice; it is God's message for His people.
Tragically, the testimony of the Spirit of Prophecy has been replaced by human reasoning. We have misguided leaders who think they know better than the prophet who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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