A Structure Runs Through It

Both free-flowing praise and traditional hymns can be included in an extended time of worship.

Some musicians, not to mention some longtime church members, find the move to worship choruses in today's churches threatening.

Organists, for example, can have difficulty getting the proper feel for choruses with a pipe organ, and they fear they will eventually find themselves on the periphery of the music ministry.

Others, raised on traditional hymns, find choruses repetitive and boring, the free-flowing praise format undisciplined and aimless. Read the complete by Barry Liesch.