reverbbb
12-25-2004, 12:12 PM
ABC Nightline did a story on the Christian Music industry. The story was attempting to reveal the largeness of the CCM industry. They mentioned something like $43 billion in annual sales (I can't remember the exact number, but it was in the $XX billions. Amazing!).
Ted Kopel was very gracious and gentle with the story. He stated the facts for the most part. But then the story began to take on the twist is that the music was selling the religion. But they offered no rational for why the music was geared to selling the youth to Christianity - other than to build a stronger foundation for the church's future. That is the part that seemed to contradict my reasoning.
My mission for 'selling' the youth is for them to have an alternative life-style in the arms of Christ. The music is just an attention getter for the youth to hear a message and focus in on the message. This point was never brought up in the story. Instead, the story seemed to lean towards the 'money-changing' aspect of CCM. But then, they interviewed Amy Grant. Ted asked her questions that sort of related to the money-changing aspect. She re-enforced that she was not comfortable with the whole concept of people writing books for the sake of just writting a book about Christianity and making money. But then, she told of a specific book (I forget the one), that she read the preface and understood the intention of the author for that book. The intent was to provide a leasiurely partly fictional story with a Christian compatible mindset. Amy stated that the book "changed her life". I don't know how a fictional story can change ones life, but I think what she meant the the author's up-front declaration of the purpose of the book, changed her view point of Christian based books.
Any way the story was great. Ted admittedly was unable to slam the whole concept of the modern efforts of CCM. He was very tender with his questions to Amy. (BTW, this was the fist time I had seen Amy in an interview. It was also the first time I have seen an interviewee on Nightline with her casual demeanor. It was both refreshing and curious).
Anyone else see the story or care to add comentary to what I described? (corrections of my interpretations are welcome as well).
Ted Kopel was very gracious and gentle with the story. He stated the facts for the most part. But then the story began to take on the twist is that the music was selling the religion. But they offered no rational for why the music was geared to selling the youth to Christianity - other than to build a stronger foundation for the church's future. That is the part that seemed to contradict my reasoning.
My mission for 'selling' the youth is for them to have an alternative life-style in the arms of Christ. The music is just an attention getter for the youth to hear a message and focus in on the message. This point was never brought up in the story. Instead, the story seemed to lean towards the 'money-changing' aspect of CCM. But then, they interviewed Amy Grant. Ted asked her questions that sort of related to the money-changing aspect. She re-enforced that she was not comfortable with the whole concept of people writing books for the sake of just writting a book about Christianity and making money. But then, she told of a specific book (I forget the one), that she read the preface and understood the intention of the author for that book. The intent was to provide a leasiurely partly fictional story with a Christian compatible mindset. Amy stated that the book "changed her life". I don't know how a fictional story can change ones life, but I think what she meant the the author's up-front declaration of the purpose of the book, changed her view point of Christian based books.
Any way the story was great. Ted admittedly was unable to slam the whole concept of the modern efforts of CCM. He was very tender with his questions to Amy. (BTW, this was the fist time I had seen Amy in an interview. It was also the first time I have seen an interviewee on Nightline with her casual demeanor. It was both refreshing and curious).
Anyone else see the story or care to add comentary to what I described? (corrections of my interpretations are welcome as well).