Tag: trends
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5 Troubling Trends in Today’s Church :: By Jonathan Brentner
I feel like an outsider in churches today. This is in spite of the fact that I began attending church immediately after birth and grew up attending services three times a week. After graduating from seminary, I pastored two churches. Yet something has changed during my lifetime. I see at least five troubling trends in…
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Hymns, Hymnody, and Hymnals: Five Significant Trends
Are the worship wars over? While the answer is not definitive, we see signs that the post-quarantine world may include an unexpected benefit: worship wars are waning. While our evidence is anecdotal at this point, it is still worth looking at five sign…