There are great songs across both realms. That being said, I Iisten to a lot of Gospel and a lot of CCM music and I love both styles. Plus, vocally, the WL usually does ad-libs and guides the song while the vocal team (3-6 people) carry the melody/harmony throughout. So the guitar-driven CCM-style songs take on a different feel in our setting. We are entirely piano driven (I don’t think I’ve ever heard a guitar played in my church, lol). We haven’t quite made it to Hillsong and Bethel yet, but they are definitely on our radar. We’ve been “branching out” into CCM as well with our song selection with some Chris Tomlin and Paul Baloche. So we are definitely drawing from those Gospel artists you mentioned above. I’m one of the worship leaders at a predominately Black Church. This is a great post (I love your blog btw). In the same way, when we use singing as a tool to worship, what gives our worship weight is not the reciting of somebody elses words, it’s making those words our own by adding faith. What makes it personal to the recipient is not what style it’s in or how clever it is, it’s the writing in the margin that the giver adds. The illustration, the silly or sappy words. There’s a huge difference between handing somebody a Hallmark card that was completely conceived by somebody else. I always liked the Hallmark card analogy. I think the real question is are we adding faith to the words that are projected onto the screen. Even in those times though, we are doing typical “modern” worship but just in two languages.īut really, who cares about style? I don’t think God does. But we also have a Latino service as well, and sometimes combine with Bilingual worship. Yes, we are a predominanty white church, which is reflective of the demographics of our area. We’ve tried to stray from the style but at the end of the day we minister out of what we know and who we are. I am always eagerly awaiting the newest Bethel, Hillsong, Matt Redman, One Sonic Society albums. I would say that we are the typical pop/rock tenor “style” of worship. Of course, none of us want to pigeon hole ourselves by defining ourselves. You can leave a comment by clicking here. What music do you select? Who are you listening to? The message of the Gospel never changes but as we incarnate that truth in different cultures it needs to take on new flavor. What worship style are you? Do you feel the style of your church isn’t given voice in our current, modern worship music?Īnd it seems that most churches are conforming to the guitar, tenor-vocal driven, modern, pop/rock worship sound.Īs the body of Christ all over the world, our styles should be unique.
But it got me thinking: why don’t I include this type of music on occasion? Am I missing a beautiful element of diversity in my services? I know for me, this type of music doesn’t get included in my repertoire. It’s driven by a couple keyboards, organ, 6-9 singers, and sometimes even a choir. What’s interesting is that this type of music doesn’t require the ever popular, guitar-oriented worship band with two singers. But the question begs to be asked: should they be? Me? These songwriters and artists aren’t even on my radar. Kee, William Murphy, Vashawn Mitchell, James Fortune, Charles Jenkins, Kurt Carr, Byron Cage, and Fred Hammond.
But he’s into songs from Judith Christie-McAllister, John P. The most “crossover” artist he does is Israel Houghton. You see, he leads worship with predominantly “Black Gospel” music. Piano? Banjo? Organ? Guitar? Synth? Vocoder?Ī few weeks ago I shared my criteria for selecting new songs as well as how I find new songs.Ī friend of mine messaged me privately when I mentioned who the “staple” songwriters were that I look for. I want to know…what worship style are you? Today’s post is more of a poll than it is a teaching.
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