Sunday-keeping Gospel Recording Screams Wildly at SDA Church

The Germantown Seventh-day Adventist Church is currently going through a 31-day revival called Ignite Revival 2024 that includes Pentecostal-style forms of worship and music. [1] On October 7, 2024, the church hosted the famous Sunday-keeping gospel recording artist Maranda Curtis [2] at the Adventist revival meetings. [3] Since these gatherings feature loud, fast-paced music, Maranda Curtis did not disappoint during her performance with her high-energy screams while entertaining worshipers at the Seventh-day Adventist church. Brothers and sisters, this is not revival or reformation. While our churches can benefit from increased visibility and attendance when they spend large sums of money bringing well-known Sunday-keeping gospel recording artists, doing so also runs the risk of drawing in visitors who are more interested in the entertainment than in making a long-term commitment to the church. When we rely on celebrity performers to scream in our churches, we are creating a focus on performances rath