In the late 1960s young adults involved in the Jesus Movement began simple writing songs of worship to God in a folk style where the guitar rather than piano or organ was the lead instrument. These songs were adopted by Christians who worshipped in charismatic churches and by the mid-seventies they were regularly being incorporated into church services.
These contemporary worship songs were published by record labels, such as Maranatha! Music, which was based in California, and by the 1980s the most popular ones were being included in standard denominational hymnals. At first the mainstream denominations tended to use them only during services aimed at young people as many of the older generation complained they were simplistic and repetitive. However by the 1990s many of these churches were incorporating them in all their services with instead of the traditional organ or piano accompaniment, mixed instrumental bands that utilized the musical talents of members of their congregations.
Worship choruses such as "Shine, Jesus, Shine" by Graham Kendrick, "Shout To The Lord" by Darlene Zschech or "10,000 Reasons" by Matt Redman have become as well known to the modern Christian as traditional hymns such as "Amazing Grace" were to the mainstream Christian over the previous two hundred years.
These contemporary worship songs were published by record labels, such as Maranatha! Music, which was based in California, and by the 1980s the most popular ones were being included in standard denominational hymnals. At first the mainstream denominations tended to use them only during services aimed at young people as many of the older generation complained they were simplistic and repetitive. However by the 1990s many of these churches were incorporating them in all their services with instead of the traditional organ or piano accompaniment, mixed instrumental bands that utilized the musical talents of members of their congregations.
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| a modern worship team By David Ball |
Worship choruses such as "Shine, Jesus, Shine" by Graham Kendrick, "Shout To The Lord" by Darlene Zschech or "10,000 Reasons" by Matt Redman have become as well known to the modern Christian as traditional hymns such as "Amazing Grace" were to the mainstream Christian over the previous two hundred years.
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