Appropriate Music for Worship

Seventh-day Adventists Church leaders decided to remove suggested "applications" from the church's philosophy that would have recommended that congregations "shun theatrics" and say "Amen" instead of applauding during worship services. This document/guideline won't be music to everyone's ears (pun intended) but I guess it's a start.

"Not all sacred/religious music may be acceptable for an Adventist," says a statement that is considered to be a guideline rather than policy. "Sacred music should not evoke secular associations or invite conformity to worldly behavioral patterns of thinking or acting."

Jan Paulsen, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, said his world travels for the church have impressed him with the wide range of worship that is considered appropriate by church members.