A 600- yr- ancient church in southwestern Germany drew some 1, 200 people to a Taylor Swift- themed worship support on Sunday, local media reported.
Heidelberg’s popular Church of the Holy Spirit, initially Catholic and presently Protestant, hosted a religious service bearing the name” Anti- Hero — Taylor Swift Church Service”, in an effort to entice younger persons, Deutsche Welle ( DW) reported.
Singer Tine Wiechmann works in the Heiliggeistkirche during a Taylor Swift assistance on May 12, 2024, in Baden- Württemberg, Heidelberg. The singer and her band performed six of the pop star’s tracks. The two service, titled” Anti Hero” after the music” Anti- Hero” by Swift, were completely booked. ( Uwe Anspach/picture alliance via Getty Images )
The Church of the Holy Spirit has always been a spot of interaction and exchange, according to Heidelberg Pastor Christof Ellsiepen. ” That’s why a roll- music spiritual company fits so beautifully. We are allowing the questions and concerns that the younger generation is most concerned with with it.
For his part, catholic priest Vincenzo Petracca underscored Swift’s devotion to Christianity in daily life, highlighting her treatment of women’s right, prejudice, and gender equality.
As if to back up the first, Sunday’s support featured a rainbow symbol hung behind the players, proclaiming that the church invites” all sizes, all colors, all nations, all women, all ideas, all religions, all ages, all types, all people”.
A live achievement of six Sharp songs by Tine Weichmann and her band was performed on Sunday for the congregation, which was skewed younger and more feminine than usual.
In what was described as one of the most “emotionally bubbling” events of the company, Weichmann and her band performed,” Quickly You’ll Find Better”, a song Swift wrote for her family, who had been diagnosed with cancer.
” Holy orange bottles, each day I pray to you”, read the lyrics. ” Hungry people find faith, but now I beg to Jesus, to”.
Swift’s Christianity or absence thereof has been the subject of heated debate among U. S. Christians.
The 34-year-old singer-songwriter was raised in the American Bible Belt and has publicly declared herself a Christian, despite being accused of adopting the” we do n’t do God” philosophy of entertainment-world-domination.
Swift’s latest song,” The Tortured Poets Department”, was strongly criticized by some Christian officials said the movie’s lyrical content “mocks God and Christians”.
The new song “mocks Christianity,” according to the Christian leisure critique group MovieGuide.
Taylor Swift made her anger for faith known through her recently released song,” The Abused Poets Department,” MovieGuide declared in its assessment.
Sean Feucht, the leader of the Let Us Worship movement, expressed his disapproval of Swift’s portrayal of Christians on social media.
Taylor Swift’s new album contains explicit lyrics ( E), make fun of Christians, and direct blaspheme God, he wrote. Is this the songs you want your kids to enjoy?
” You think I’m only being religious , &, overreacting? Read the lyrics &, chose for yourself”, he added.
Previous evangelical Christian Chris Kratzer has made the claim that Taylor is” spreading the light of Christ” for his portion.
” I’m beginning to think that Taylor Swift’s anger among Christians is due to people seeing that she is much more like Jesus than they are,” he said.
