church singers: would you chant?

Chant doesn't have to be in Latin. It's glorious in English: both Gregorian and Byzantine. It makes you realize what a spiritual aesthetic really is. I have to say that compared to the sobriety and spiritual depth of chant, everything else really grates on me (I will go as far as some Renaissance polyphony, but there's something subtly ostentatious about even that -- chant is *ascetic* music, that's the only way I can describe it; it's not for pleasing the ears but for elevating the soul.) I spent a lot of time in Eastern churches, where there is nothing but chant: no instruments, no contemporary compositions (well, perhaps some Rakhmaninov, but that's OK). You Westerners are missing out by turning away from that part of your heritage. I have a lot of eastern liturgical music; drop me a line if you'd like me to send you some.

No, I would not chant, but I am not Catholic either. I think that if a non-denominational (which is really all I can speak for, since that is the type of church I attend) pastor dictated or even requested his congregation to chant, instead of sing, he would be overruled. That probably wouldn't even pass muster at the elder or deacon meetings! If a pastor felt compelled to lead his congregation to chant, he may have to initiate an entirely new church with all new attendees.

not each and absolutely everyone can sing yet absolutely everyone can chant. the point of chanting is to assist the body are available in song with rhythm and tone by using repetition so as that the respiration is managed and the outcome is meant to 'psych' the body to channel its means.

Hate church, like the chants.

church ? singing ? help! I'm in the wrong century what's next ? the inquisition?

Learn it - sing it - love it.