Evangelization should not be the sole purpose of Christian music

Many of today’s Christian musicians are saying that evangelization is the main goal why they are creating their music. Praise is only seen as a secondary goal.

This leads me to ask the question, isn’t music meant to be for praise and worship? The Bible is there to lead the lost and Christian music is there for us to usher our un ending love for God.

And while Christian music as well as the christian magazine has its uses in the evangelization of the secular area, we need to realize that evangelization is not and should not be the main goal of Christian music. Not once in the Bible has music been mentioned as a tool to save the lost.

Also, most of the times, parts of the gospel are lost when you are trying to reach out to a lot of people.

Here is a quote from Michael Card, from Christianity Today:

"The lyrics of a good number of the songs don’t betray anything specifically Christian —they may have some moral message, but not a lot of the big songs are identifiably Christian. . . 'What happens to the message when we start getting the music to as many people as possible?' There is an essential part of the gospel that’s not ever going to sell. The gospel is good news, but it is also bad news: 'You are a sinner, and you are hopeless.' How is a multimillion-dollar record company going to take that? That’s a part of the message, too, and if that’s taken out—and it frequently is in Christian music— it ceases to be the gospel."



As a reminder, here is Psalm 139:1-6

I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you. I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.