by Debbie Sempsrott
The last twenty-five years have brought about the most significant changes in contemporary Christian music that churches in America have ever experienced. Previously, churches would quietly go about their Sunday morning worship as the piano and organ played and volunteer worship leaders waved their arms to mark time for the congregation. The choir would occasionally back the worship leader and would certainly be there to present their Easter cantata, but traditional hymns were the accepted songs of worship all across America.
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