I attend a small (100-150 person) church in SF, and it's super trendy. People are dressed fashionably, the music is current (including a ton of hillsong), the c

I attend a small (100-150 person) church in SF, and it's super trendy. People are dressed fashionably, the music is current (including a ton of hillsong), the church has a great instagram, pour over coffee beforehand etc. But at least in the case of my church, that's a reflection of the people that go there and make up the congregation and their talents, alongside what people do for their day jobs and have trained professionally to do. I think it's similar with churches like Mosaic in LA and Hillsong broadly speaking - they attract a lot of young people who are skilled in these areas and then those young people go on to use their talents in service to the church. But that's not the point and it should never be the point. The teaching, the community, these things are far more important than the production values. I guess my thinking is that this polish is fine, as long as it's due to the talents of people in the church, rather than a need to impress others and put on a show so to speak.