What's right and what's wrong to wear on stage? I've been in various church choirs and college choirs. There were always some rules that people felt were too strict. In my college choirs we had a number of these rules; no tattoos, no earrings on guys, no facial hair. Why should we get reprimanded for expressing ourselves? Granted, I don't have tattoos or earrings, and still can't grow a full beard, but I'm sure I was reprimanded for something.
How do we establish what is appropriate dress and how to act while we're on stage?
1 Corinthians 8:9 gives us a worship philosophy of being sensitive to the perceptions and even misperceptions that fellow believers may have. As long as we're talking about gray issues, not doctrinal truths, yielding to the weaker brother may be the right choice.
Many Christian brothers and sisters would have had a major cow if we had broken their dress code. It was no skin off our noses to defer to their rules which had no bearing on our own morality.
One of the greatest lessons I learned in choir was that Worship was not about me. Leading Worship is about setting aside my need for self-expression, my validation, my personal agenda, my recognition. Worship is about praising God, telling His story and glorifying Him. If your hat is causing people to grumble, take it off. If your tattoo is drawing people’s attention away from God, cover it up. Minimize distractions whenever possible and give the glory to God.
Do you agree? Disagree?
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