Why My Church Doesn’t Use Songs by Hillsong or Jesus Culture/Bethel - Dan Cogen, New City Church

If my church was singing songs from churches that teach dangerously unbiblical doctrines, that would mean several negative things.

My concern is that if we embrace the songs these churches are writing, it would lend credence to their ministries whose theologies are significantly erroneous, at best.

Perhaps the most significant error that Hillsong and Bethel teach is the Prosperity Gospel.  Bethel's senior pastor Bill Johnson even claimed that he could not accept a theology that allows for suffering (not sure how he squares that with Jesus' temptation, agony in the Garden, or crucifixion?)

So here's what it boils down to for me.  If my church was singing songs from churches that teach dangerously unbiblical doctrines, that would mean several negative things ...

1. that we endorse them and are willing to promote their music
2. that we are willing to contribute to their financial progress to continue spreading more erroneous music
3. that we have a deliberate willingness to compromise our theology
   

(Editors aside: this article doesn't even touch on gay conversion therapy, which psychologists have categorized as child abuse, which both churches continue to promote and support).

The full article is available here