Trends in modern worship music
I can boil down my concerns about modern worship by highlighting two primary trends in popular contemporary worship music’s form and content.
Regarding form, many churches have started making their worship services more like concerts. I have nothing against concerts, including Christian concerts. And I think it’s good for musicians to help lead local congregations in singing songs of praise to God.
I do have a big problem, however, with treating local church worship like it’s a concert. The house lights are down, the stage lights are up. The musicians on the stage are amplified so loudly they almost completely drown out the congregation. The focus no longer is on the congregation’s singing together, but on the musicians’ performance.
