Is it Really Better to have Our Young People Dancing in Church than Out in the World

Centro Universitário Adventista do Ensino do Nordeste is an Adventist university in Bahia, Brazil, affiliated with the East Brazil Union Mission. [1] [2] The university has a theological faculty that specializes in religious studies, biblical studies, ethics, church history, and pastoral care. In a video first published on July 5, 2024 by Mauricio Aragon [3], you will see Seventh-day Adventist students and pathfinders being led astray by their desire to be like the rest of the world in terms of music and dancing. Such nonsense has no place in an Adventist institution. This is just a party, and God is not on the agenda. Unfortunately, it seems that this theological faculty must tolerate such displays instead of following the pastoral mandate to “cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins” (Isaiah 58:1), as our young people are being allowed to glorify themselves rather than Jesus Christ. However, what we see goin