Talk:Contemporary worship music

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This page was originally "praise song", but I've moved it to its current title. Both "praise song" and "worship song" redirect here. I think this is a better structure. I'll be doing some work on contemporary worship next. I hope this is OK - it doesn't look like there's been much work on it recently. I am aware that the term "contemporary worship music" could be used for other musical genres and those in the know may wish to expand this article to include them. Sidefall (talk) 11:35, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

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This article was in need of a major overhaul. There was no real historical background and descriptions were based on vague generalities and out-of-date realities. It was riddled with POV, both for and against. There were external links which were commercial and at least mostly off-topic. Holford 17:07, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, it looks a lot better. It could do with identifying some sources, though. — Matt Crypto 17:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Sadly, except for the bits I salvaged out of the earlier version, this was all done from the cumulative knowledge in my head from my experiences in the genre since the 1970s, as a consumer, composer, worship leader, and CCM historian. If you'd like, I can write about it somewhere else and link to it from here.  ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Holford (talk • contribs)

Good job, Holford. The current article reads like a fairly objective description, and sounds about right based on my experiences in a 'charismatic Lutheran' church in the 80's, and later in an Assemblies of God church. As it talks about developments in the 70s and 80s, it seems like it might leave the reader wondering what, if anything, happened in the 90's and early 2000's. As far as references go, it wouldn't hurt to add a couple supporting quotes if someone can find some. Wesley 01:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)