Few worship leaders avoid Hillsong, Bethel songs – despite controversies and scandal
RNSUnited States For the past decade, a handful of megachurches have dominated worship music, churning out hits such as Goodness of God, What a Beautiful Name, King of Kings and Graves Into Gardens. And though churches like Australia-based Hillsong and Bethel Church in California have met with scandal and controversy, worship leaders still keep singing […]
“A handful of songwriters from a handful of churches”: There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on a new study that found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you…
Like that new church worship song? Chances are, it will be gone soon
United StatesRNS The most popular worship song in churches these days is Build My Life from Bethel Music, the megachurch-based worship music hit machine based in Northern California. Sitting at number one on the top 100 worship song chart from Christian Copyright Licensing International, which licenses worship music, Build My Life, first released in 2016, […]
Music: Music to refresh the mind, body and soul
MARCUS CHEONG listens to Bethel Music’s latest…
A surge of over 100 COVID-19 cases linked to evangelical Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry
RNS A recent COVID-19 spike in Northern California’s Shasta County has been partly attributed to the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, a school operated by the Pentecostal megachurch Bethel in the city of Redding. Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency connected 123 cases to the school over the past two weeks, Tim Mapes, a […]
Amid coronavirus concerns, sales up for prepackaged Communion cups and wafers in the US
RNS Every week at University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, congregants come forward for Communion. But in light of concerns about the new coronavirus, the church has ordered boxes filled with hundreds of prepackaged Communion cups and wafers. A family takes communion together at home using Celebration Communion Cups. PICTURE: Courtesy of […]
Northern California church makes headlines as it prays to resurrect girl from the dead
RNS Kalley Heiligenthal stomped her feet and waved her arms, dancing her way from one side of the bright-lit stage to the other. “Come alive, come alive!” the congregants at Bethel Church in Redding, California, shouted in expectation as they clapped and sang praises. Andrew Heiligenthal holds his daughter, Olive Alayne Heiligenthal. PICTURE: Via GoFundMe […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Rebecca St James signs album deal, Hillsong Worship’s ‘King of Kings’, and THE SAGA’s ‘Fearless’…
Hillsong Worship’s latest album, King of Kings. Listen to this week’s TCM Update…