Worship Music

"When it announced last month it was shutting down, Brentwood Benson became the latest in a line of major church music publishers closing their doors. Last year saw the bankruptcy of Lorenz Corp., which had purchased choral giant Word Music in 2017. Then a few months ago, Lifeway released its last box of new choral offerings for churches." - BPNews

"...halfway through that epic bridge you scan over the congregation and all that looks back at you is a sea of blank faces. What went wrong?" - CPost

"It matters whether those who lead us in song see their task as creating a mood or a memory. If primarily a mood, lyrics can take a back seat .... If primarily a memory, the lyrics are critically important. Like the Psalms, they should be able to stand on their own, combined with music or not." - CToday

"Do they hate these songs? Are they bad singers? Am I singing out of tune? ... The church was newly established and small in number, and—to put it kindly—the singing in our gatherings was uncomfortable." - TGC

"So the question becomes – in spite of today’s worship music often being meaningful, well done and engaging, what have we lost when a few hundred members of the congregation stand there watching 5 or 6 members of the worship team do all the singing?" - Phil Cooke

“Theology matters,” Morgan writes. “I can’t even stress that enough. It matters if a song is weak in theology and is not accurately displaying the Holiness of our God. It matters if churches are spreading a prosperity Gospel that is different from the Gospel found in Scripture." - C.Leaders

"The more pronounced the division between the platform and the congregation, the weaker the singing.... The congregation should not feel like their contribution is meaningless. Just the opposite." - C.Leaders

"A professional musician can miss reading the moment. And worse yet, a worship leader can fall into executing the songs instead of leading the worship." - C.Leaders