One of the basic features of church life in the US today is the proliferation of worship and music forms.
This, in turn, has caused many severe conflicts both within individual congregations and whole denominations.
Most books and articles about recent worship trends tend to fall into one of two broad categories. ‘Contemporary Worship’ (hereafter CW) advocates often make rather sweeping statements, such as ‘pipe organs and choirs will never reach people today’. ‘Historic Worship’ (hereafter HW) advocates often speak similarly about how incorrigibly corrupt popular music and culture is, and how they make contemporary worship completely unacceptable.
