Elle Hardy has a good article on Hillsong’s Green Room Problem, by which she means: “The rot at the core of the Australian megachurch was obvious to anyone who spent time backstage.” After interviewing several people who were inside the Hillsong network, Hardy writes:
This is all interesting to me. I have learned that the temple, or house church or whatever place, is a place were God’s presence is invoked and acknowledged and the congregants focus is to worship him. If that is true, everything must be done with utmost reverence and holiness.
So, I think that the whole building is to be considered a vestry where congregants, along with the priests or ministers, come to pray, meditate, encourage one another, and prepare for divine worship.
"For those who don’t know, a vestry is a room behind the stage ..."
Stage? I think we've identified a more foundational problem than the "green room."
This is all interesting to me. I have learned that the temple, or house church or whatever place, is a place were God’s presence is invoked and acknowledged and the congregants focus is to worship him. If that is true, everything must be done with utmost reverence and holiness.
So, I think that the whole building is to be considered a vestry where congregants, along with the priests or ministers, come to pray, meditate, encourage one another, and prepare for divine worship.