I don’t think there are more than 5 songs from the last 25 years of Christian worship music publishing that are likely to endure. Modern Christian Music is not Lindy.
Probably the most telling experience I’ve seen over the last 25yrs has been the removal of the song books and hymnody of the last 200yrs. Since really the 90s on, it’s been a large push to modernize music. It seems to have failed.
In our church there has been a routine of singing modern worship songs followed by one or two more traditional songs. The audience response is palpable. It’s an immediate difference.
It’s not my goal to disparage attempts at new songs but the systems in place to do it are largely not working.
I suspect in another 30-40 years we will still know the songs of the 1800-1900s far more than those of the early to mid 2000s.
Probably the most telling experience I’ve seen over the last 25yrs has been the removal of the song books and hymnody of the last 200yrs. Since really the 90s on, it’s been a large push to modernize music. It seems to have failed.
In our church there has been a routine of singing modern worship songs followed by one or two more traditional songs. The audience response is palpable. It’s an immediate difference.
It’s not my goal to disparage attempts at new songs but the systems in place to do it are largely not working.
I suspect in another 30-40 years we will still know the songs of the 1800-1900s far more than those of the early to mid 2000s.
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