Dr. 迈克攻丝机 丽莎·科尔宾 Collaborate in a Study on Popular Song Trends
中央,年代.C. – For more than two years Dr. 迈克攻丝机, chair of the 宗教部 at Southern Wesleyan University, 丽莎·科尔宾, research director at SWU, have collaborated in a study to verify the life curves of the most popular songs in North American churches over the last 30 years. D. W. Daniel High School math teacher, Charldon丹尼斯, as well as west-coast songwriter, Andrea Hunter 和 Canadian pastor, 马克·班•乔林科尔, collaborated on the endeavor.
Charldon丹尼斯, Lisa Corbin, Dr. 迈克攻丝机
“The life-cycle of worship songs” is featured as the recent cover story in 今天的信仰, 和 an article is set to be released via Worship Leader Magazine 本周也是如此. The research team will be podcast guests this week on three Christian podcasts 包括 崇拜艺术, 的解药, 和 敬拜评论. Their findings were also published by 今日基督教 2021年12月.
Tapper comments on the group effort saying, ”丽莎, Charldon, 马克, 和 Andrea made this project so satisfying for me. We were such an assorted collection of people 和 it worked!” When asked what sparked her interest in the project, 科尔宾说, “When invited to participate in this project, I was intrigued by the eclectic skillset at the table. While I don’t have a background related to music, it was refreshing to see such diverse minds collaborate 和 seek truth in such a passionate topic.”
Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) has collected song data from licensed churches since its inception in 1988. Today, the number of regularly audited churches has grown to approximately 10,000 churches per year. In this study, 64 bi-annual Top 100 CCLI lists dating back to CCLI’s beginning were retrieved. The Top 100 songs were then organized in five year increments to optimize the identification of important trends. Timespans were determined 和 anomalies discarded, isolating 199 songs possessing clear start dates, 上升, 山峰, 和瀑布. The research verified songs are publishing faster 和 rising 和 falling much quicker in our churches than just a few decades ago.
The study concludes by stating, “今天, we have instantaneous access to songs about almost anything, in virtually any style imaginable, written 和 modeled by diverse voices. We also have resources to help us sift through the rising tide to identify the particular songs that seem to be resonating across the country 和 across the world. Perhaps a way forward is to explore ways to ensure these resources remain tools we use, 而不是利用我们的工具. The Church will always want to join the psalmist in singing those ‘new songs,’ even while ensuring its worship is as firm, 接地, 和 familiar as the psalter itself.”
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