Quail Springs Church and Instrumental Music

The Quail Springs church in Oklahoma City added instrumental music to their worship services.  You can hear audio from their preacher and elders explaining their reasoning at the following link: 

http://www.quailchurch.com/cgi-bin/ResourceList.cgi?section=&cat=January%2028%2C%202007%20Statements 

A full page ad was put in the Oklahoma City newspaper after the Quail Springs congregation added instrumental music.  You can view it at the following link:  http://www.thebible.net/images/quailsprings/thedailyoklahomanad020608.pdf 

You know what bothers me most about this?  It’s not just the fact that they added the instrument.  God made congregations autonomous for a reason.  If they decide to do that, I don’t have to be a part of it and it can’t be legislated upon other congregations.

What really bothers me is that they did this to the detriment of 300 or more of their own members who walked out when the decision was announced.  We are supposed to be “members of one another” and we are supposed to “submit to one another.”  These elders and preachers had no regard for the spiritual health of a substantial portion of their congregation.  To me, at least, that says more about the spiritual health of the leadership of the Quail Springs church than just the simple fact that they added instrumental music.  In the name of growth, we don’t look out for one another any more.  That has to be really disappointing to our Father.