Hot take: Christian rappers are producing music that’s waaay more creative, theologically sophisticated, and authentically covering the full range of human experience than mainstream Christian worship. Just an opinion, folks 🤷🏼‍♂️

@PrestonSprinkle A conversation near to my heart :). As others said, there may be a false equivalence here. Christian rap isn't designed to serve communities liturgically. It's mostly self-expression, though I could be wrong on that. I'm curious on this too, as my son is a Christian rapper :)

@evanwickham I’m definitely out of my league in talking about music, etc. So please excuse my ignorance. But—shouldn’t any music “designed to serve communities liturgically” be more theologically sophisticated, creative, etc? And why does mainstream worship have to be the same music genre?

@evanwickham What’s the actual argument for NOT having theologically profound rap as part of the worship service? Genuine question. (I hope it’s not because mostly white church goers wouldn’t go for it.) Is there an objective, philosophical/theological reason why this wouldn’t honor Christ?

@PrestonSprinkle @evanwickham I think it’s less about the genre and more about the congregation being able to sing along. When things get substantially complex you can’t really ask the congregation to sing along, and that’s pretty important. Rap isn’t exactly something a whole congregation can sing. Thoughts?

@PrestonSprinkle @evanwickham Preston, you should have @jeremyperigo on for a chat about this