Christianity Today

People Say Worship Music All Sounds the Same. They Might Mean Something Else.

Complaints about the emerging genre may have to do with the discomfort with monoculture surrounding it. The first time I taught Music History I, a student came to my office worried about an upcoming ...
Religion News Service

There's a reason every hit worship song sounds the same

(RNS) — A new study found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you. (RNS) — On Easter Sunday, the ...
Christianity Today

We’ve No Less Days to Sing God’s Praise, But New Worship Songs Only Last a Few Years

A study finds an increasingly rapid turnover time for church music. Churches across the US and Canada sang, “Refiner’s fire / my heart’s one desire / is to be holy” for a full decade after Vineyard ...
Texarkana Gazette

There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same

On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, California, opened the service with "This Is Amazing Grace," a 2012 hit that has remained one of the most popular worship ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

There's a reason every hit worship song sounds the same

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