Part of worshiping God is by dancing and singing praises to His name. The word ‘dancing’ appears 74 times in the Holy Bible to underline its importance in worshiping God; it is also seen as a way to honour God.

Generally, dancing is used to express feelings of joy and jubilation. People dance to celebrate events, victories and goodness in their lives, as no sane person dances in time of sorrow, except as a sign of expressing faith in God in such difficult moment.


Many observers believe some churches have imported worldly and ‘crazy’ dance steps into the church especially in congregations that have more youthful membership. Dance steps like ‘soco’, ‘shaku-shaku’, ‘legbegbe’, ‘it’s a goal’ and the recent one ‘soapy’, are seen in most churches during praise and worship.

Observers also noted that dancing in church must be done with a heart to see God, receive glory and praises rather than for the purpose of receiving attention. And anybody with a sincere heart to praise God through dance would not seek the attention of a crowd, nor will the person demand a prominent place in the gathering.

Such a person will be satisfied with dancing in a back corner of the sanctuary than on the front stage. If a person desires attention for himself through dancing during a church service, then he has ceased to truly praise God and is seeking praise for himself.

Observers also argued that when a dance is choreographed, it is no longer in praises to God, but has turned entertainment. According to them, those who danced in the Bible did not plan it, neither did they practice it. It was not in the church bulletin. It was a spontaneous tribute to God that can never be duplicated.

Even if it happens over and over again, it is not duplication. Sometimes it happens in the beginning of the service, other times at the end of the service. Sometimes it lasts a minute. At other times, it can go on till the end of the service. But in the end, it is not planned and that should be the defining factor in dancing in the church.

Those holding this position have severally asked: “When one rehearses in order to learn the steps and movements, then is it really dancing to praise God or dancing for the entertainment of the congregation?

Right Rev. Monsignor John Aniagwu, the Vicar General Catholic, Archdiocese of Lagos, stated, “Music has been critical aspect of Christian worship, going all the way to the Bible. This is talking about the Psalms-songs composed to accompany worship in the Jewish tradition and when Christianity came along, the culture was brought into Christianity.

“The Christian church has always been involved in worship of God. Saint Paul even admonished that Psalms be used in Christian worship. Secular music is for the secular place and not for the church. I mean you don’t come to the church and start playing calypso; it is in order in places like the theatre.



“When you come to the church, your music has to be of a certain character, very solemn and uplifting music. We do dance in church but it is a different type which is modest and different from that of the secular way.”

Rev. Obed Ezeonye, the Senior Pastor, Excellent Glory Christian Center Iju, Lagos, in his contribution, said: “We need to take cognisance of different cultures in Nigeria and other countries as culture helps to shape people’s attitude and the way they dance.

“Responding to this issue will mean understanding the culture of people. Culture simply means the way of life of a given people. The African people have a culture. The European people have their culture. The Jewish people have their culture.

“There is cultural blend or conflicts. When two cultures conflict, we call it craze or crazy.

“Now we have the church culture, right? The church culture has undergone changes over the years with modern technologies. From clapping of hands to local use of drums, and to highly sophisticated instruments that release different sounds and lyrics.

https://www.independent.ng/has-worldly-crazy-dance-steps-creep-into-churches/

You can't dance like a vixen on Friday
and ask God to do the fixing on Sunday!

In the house of God, modesty and simplicity should be employed.

kulay1:
You can't dance like a vixen on Friday and ask God to the fixing on Sunday!
In the house of God, modesty and simplicity should be employed.

Aye ti rapala wonu ijo, ijo ti rapala wonu aye..

kulay1:
You can't dance like a vixen on Friday and ask God to the fixing on Sunday!
In the house of God, modesty and simplicity should be employed.

Aye ti rapala wonu ijo, ijo ti rapala wonu aye..

You are allowed to dance for Jesus just as you are allowed to sing praises of his name. You can dance galala, skelewu, azonto, shaku shaku for all you care, Jesus loves all forms of praise and worship. What isn't allowed is any dance that is sexually suggestive such as twerking or grinding next to the opposite sex.

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Op, David did more than this

Let them praise their maker in any way they deemed fit

Proverbs 19,5 >>A false witness,false pastor&prophets will never go unpunished &he who tells lies will not escape.we reveal things unknown after the creation of the world and we are not out to impress or cajole humanbeigns at all ,we are only here to inform and wait for time of perfection of the times and season of Jesus Christ #.time is the best friend of truth, afterall Jesus Christ lived for thirty three good years unknown to those who claimed to know God more than Jesus then and yet he was the son of God and even after he began the works he came to do at thirty years ,how many chief priests and prophets and pastors followed Jesus Christ and synagogues never closed down ?Now we are asking,who is sure that the prophets and pastors and all sorts are following Jesus Christ truly uptil this days?If you are wise why not ask deep spiritual questions if you hear new truth that you have never heard before, that is how a wise person does. Time must surely tell who is who evil or good after all over 2000 years ago those who met Jesus Christ personally cursed him and called him all sorts of names but today his truth stands sure.that's the confidence of our unbelievable truth. Mathew 13,13-15

It is very sad to say the least. Most churches are just like social gatherings where motivational talks takes the forefront, at the detriment of true word of God. One can't serve God and mammon at the same time. The earlier people of God realizes the better for the body of Christ. May God have mercy on us all. #Sad!

Nigeria Christianity is not real Christianity

What makes a dance a wordly dance?

Is it because it is danced by people of who love secular songs..

If the aforementioned is the case.. What if people start clapping their hands, and rolling their waist (as church people do) to secular songs... Would that make clapping and waist rolling a wordly dance?

For LFC, all of us just the Wine Poco, Go down Poco....Eeh Eeh!!!

People in the church are same with people clubbing.

No difference and any different dance in the church other than the one danced at the club by same people has to be referred to as hypocrisy

The Nigerian Church, especially the Nigerian Pentecostal churches are EVENT CENTERS/SHOWS. They are a PONZI SCHEME!

Why overrating these churches?
How I wish you know them well?

Even senior Christ Embassy pastors were dancing shaku shaku at his daughter's wedding, that's how bad it is.

No dance isn't worldy but some are from a corrupt place.

It is the church that crept into the world, the world has always been what it is, the church changed. It simply means that the world is more real than the church. The church is a medium set up by the colonial masters to continue to enslave the mind of the black man even after declaration of freedom for black people all over the world. The church is a money making organisation for those who like to toe that path. Serving God is different from going to church. Going to church is not serving God. The church is an open-secret society designed to impoverish the black man and subjugate them to perpetually keep them under mental slavery. I stand for freedom of the mind. If u want to serve God, keep the 2 laws Jesus gave us,
1. Love God with all thine might.
2. Love ur neighbor very well
If we keep these 2 major laws, we won't need to go to church and become slaves to a few criminals who call themselves pastors or prophets or what not.

Those Dancesteps crept out frm churches

You should also asked yourself how worldly money take enter the church?

Singing, dancing, clapping is not way of worship God, what God need is your humbleness when you are praying.


Stop using drum disturb people.

Masalaam

Who determines what is worldly

Oya Jo Soapy

Wish to know how exactly David danced.

are the previous dance steps gotten from heaven?

This Sunday morning, someone somewhere is having sex right now despite all the problems we are facing as a country.

It's a pity.

Ok