THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, October 19, 1996 TAG: 9610190010
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 18 lines
In your Oct. 14 Daily Break story ``Sign of the Cross,'' it says that Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Norfolk has services that ``feature pounding, hypnotic music that plays for hours, enticing members to dance wildly. . . .''
I am a devout Pentecostal. We do not praise God with ``pounding music.'' We praise God with Holy Ghost-filled gospel music. Some may say pounding music. We call it a form of praising, of lifting God up.
CHRIS SMITH
Norfolk, Oct. 15, 1996 by CNB