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Tools To Develop Vital Churches
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In the 1990s, as Sunday morning praise and worship songs grew more contemporary and "hip," slipping discreetly from the pulpits to the charts, Christian music couldn't have guessed it was beginning one of its largest transformations. Darlene Zschech, music director at Sydney's Hillsong Church, hadn't even recorded her songs when millions of people were singing them in thousands of congregations around the world. When she finally did hit the studio, she went platinum almost instantly. In the U.S., David Crowder noticed that more than half of his fellow student body at his Baptist college were not attending church at all, so he started writing songs to inspire worship in a generation not being addressed musically or spiritually. When Crowder joined Passion Worship Band on tour, they ignited a "passionate worship" musical era so notable that the trend itself was dubbed the Passion Movement. All throughout, worshipers were crying, "Turn it up!" Acoustic guitars and choir robes made friends with driving, wired guitar riffs and modern lyrics projected in PowerPoint presentations. Drum sets on church platforms grew Plexiglas soundboards, and genres collided as worship leaders branched out beyond P&W refrains to become hot charting artists and Dove nominees (like Mark Schultz or crossover phenomenon MercyMe). Conversely, established artists began recording P&W songs, or entire P&W albums, in their own styles; it was a foolproof expansion of worship, artistry and ministry. The praise and worship experience breaks out beyond the church service and marks new era of Christian contemporary music.
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Many churches that have gone to more contemporary music have not been able to "add" all the instruments they would like. One alternative has been to acquire either CD's or DVD's. The music group on the CD or DVD can be in addition to the ones in the church or instead of a local group. You also get very suitable art to show through your projector with the lyrics.
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In 2002, Integrity Music launched its iWORSHIP series to an enthusiastic response from fans of worship music everywhere. With over 1 million units sold, these revolutionary worship CDs, enhanced songbooks, customized CD Trax and worship DVDs have taken worship to new heights while impacting hundreds of thousands of worshipers around the world. Fast-forward to today as Integrity unveils its newest CD and Songbook, Integrity's iWORSHIP NEXT, the definitive answer to what many worship leaders and worship music fans are seeking—creativity, innovation and the biggest worship songs of today and tomorrow. "Not only do we have the best songs and artists, we've tried to offer cutting edge features that demonstrate our commitment to making iWORSHIP a total and fresh worship experience."— Chris Thomason, Sr. VP of Integrity Label Group
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Add an interactive dimension to your worship with Integrity's iWORSHIP DVDs—combining sight and sound in a one-of-a-kind multimedia experience. With breathtaking videos, split trax, click audio, lyric and theme options, these DVDs provide a seamless non-stop worship set for live praise teams, choirs, and personal worship!
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