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RogerBennett_Fan -> RE: Southern Gospel Group dress (6/16/2008 6:21:27 PM)
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ORIGINAL: L5FanLady
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ORIGINAL: preacherman2210
I would like to give my take on the way groups dress. I am a pastor, and we dress casual. I was raised to wear a suit and tie to church, no matter what. However, I have noticed in my many years, that the days of men wearing suits to church, is ALMOST a thing of the past. These days, MOST men don't even own a suit. So, we decided to "go casual". The worship team, band, and anyone in leadership, still dresses nice, but NO SUITS. I invited a southern gospel group recently to sing for the morning service, and told them they didn't have to wear suits and ties. They wore them anyway. They looked like funeral home directors. I did not wear a suit, and I am the pastor. The group just looked out of place.
Yes, I believe you should look your best. However, sometimes suits and ties can make some unapproachable.
Groups- Look at the way the pastor and staff dresses, and dress approapriate.
The "MOST MEN" you talk about are not the "MOST MEN" that I know. I know ALOT of guys that own a suit and tie, and they look, oh let me see, how do I want to say this.......PROFESSIONAL.
EDIT: let me explain further my position. I don't think casual is wrong or that you MUST always wear a suit and tie, but I think that the church is in a spiraling downward path of giving up things that are good. To me, this is just one more thing of many. First the KJV to, no, not one other version but MANY versions, meeting less often, getting more wordly (in all ways--this includes dress), in faith, etc. Someone said the church is at any time only 10 years behind the world, so as the world degresses, so the church follows only 10 years behind. Does this makes sense?
I totally AGREE!!!! When I walk into a concert, I want to be able to distinguish the group members from the audience, ie. suits & ties. Now if they are singin' outside and it's 100 degrees, that's another story -even so, they can still dress nice (something better than jeans and a t-shirt).
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I would like to give my take on the way groups dress. I am a pastor, and we dress casual. I was raised to wear a suit and tie to church, no matter what. However, I have noticed in my many years, that the days of men wearing suits to church, is ALMOST a thing of the past. These days, MOST men don't even own a suit. So, we decided to "go casual". The worship team, band, and anyone in leadership, still dresses nice, but NO SUITS. I invited a southern gospel group recently to sing for the morning service, and told them they didn't have to wear suits and ties. They wore them anyway. They looked like funeral home directors. I did not wear a suit, and I am the pastor. The group just looked out of place.
Yes, I believe you should look your best. However, sometimes suits and ties can make some unapproachable.
It's not the dress that make a person unapproachable, I think we can all agree when you get right down to it, bottom line, it's the attitude. There are just as many unapproachable in jeans and a t-shirt as there are in suits and ties.
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