Comments on: Worship Music Genre Poll Results

By: knight online

knight online — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:16:54 +0000

I think that you should play the music that you feel God is leading you to play.

By: The Church and Hip-Hop Music - You Can Know God

The Church and Hip-Hop Music - You Can Know God — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:35:08 +0000

[...] amazing, though, is that exactly 0% of the churches that responded to this survey indicated that they’re using hip-hop music in their worship [...]

By: stevehartland.com » Blog Archive » new traditional church music

stevehartland.com » Blog Archive » new traditional church music — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:55:11 +0000

[...] people like hip-hop. What’s amazing, though, is that exactly 0% of the churches that responded tothis surveyindicated that they’re using hip-hop music in their worship services. I’m guessing there are [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:03:50 +0000

the hip hop % are probably young kids to teens, who are probably not in the main service during the praise set.
thus, i would say lets take a poll during a regular congregation setting and check those results

By: Music Styles In Worship «

Music Styles In Worship « — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:38:18 +0000

[...] Tony Morgan, one of the “Simply Strategic Guys” had a great post on his blog about music styles. He asks questions like; Are we using the right style of music in our worship to reach our culture with the gospel?, Should we target our music toward the specific group we are trying to reach? (I say a resounding YES!) and Should it really matter. You can read his post here. [...]

By: mateo digs hip-hop? « mateo’s musings

mateo digs hip-hop? « mateo’s musings — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:33:20 +0000

[...] partially why I found this post by Tony Morgan to be particularly interesting. There’s a decent discussion going on in the comment thread. [...]

By: So basically your taste in music sucks… « My favorite thing about science is the siphon.

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:57:28 +0000

[...] Morgan had a fascinating post this week about the genres of music we play in church. Here are the results of his informal [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:03:14 +0000

A more interesting break down for me would be what type of church are you going to that offers a contemporary service (i.e., “seeker church”). Is it suburbia? Is it inner-city? Is it mid-town? I think that just because our “tunes” don’t match that of itunes, it does match, at least in part, our demographics. In addition, we have a more traditional venue to choose from as well.

But ultimately I will say that all music comes from God, it is man who throws the words in.

By: Billy Ritchie

Billy Ritchie — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:05:06 +0000

Very interesting so I though I would check out the downloads for across the pond in the uk.

Pop 36%
Alternative 19%
Rock 12%
Dance 10%
Hip Hop Rap 10%
R&B 10%
Electronic 3%

A little more spread but we are still a church that has predominately a pop / rock style.

Growing up in church 20 years ago changing the style of music was a hot topic that caused many a discussion even arguments. The use of drums, guitars and the like was revolutionary then with a desire to be more relevant to the world around us. Maybe we have got a little too complacent.

By: Dan Staifer

Dan Staifer — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:21:47 +0000

R&B and Rap are hard to translate into a live music format since most of it is looped and processed. Also, I would agree that Rock/Pop is not a good representation of music today in the Church. Adult Contemporary would be better.

A better representation of popularity should be concert ticket sales. Some bands are good in studio but are dogs live. Just a thought. . .