Churches Mix Up Their Music Offerings With Christian DJs

Church DJs Mix Beats With Blessings
ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 11: DJ Hans Daniels gets the music lineup prepared at The Church at Clarendon in Arlington, VA on August 11, 2013. In an experimental effort to attract young people, Arlington Pastor Stephen Taylor decided to import an Atlanta-based wedding DJ Hans Daniels, for a Sunday DJ-ed church service, complete with techno hits from artists like Moby. Some say this makes the service less about who is on the pulpit and more about who is around you. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - AUGUST 11: DJ Hans Daniels gets the music lineup prepared at The Church at Clarendon in Arlington, VA on August 11, 2013. In an experimental effort to attract young people, Arlington Pastor Stephen Taylor decided to import an Atlanta-based wedding DJ Hans Daniels, for a Sunday DJ-ed church service, complete with techno hits from artists like Moby. Some say this makes the service less about who is on the pulpit and more about who is around you. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

When you’re DJing a Baptist church service, is it more appropriate to mix electronic music by Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim as congregants are being ushered in or as they exit?

Such were the choreographic and theological questions at play Sunday at the 104-year-old high-steepled Church at Clarendon, which for the day replaced its usual eight-piece band and singers on the pulpit with an Atlanta wedding DJ who has hipster glasses, a table of music-mixing technology and a tendency to fist-pump while playing.

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