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beginningsofworshippraise.pptxThe Worship & Praise Phenomenon
A BRIEF HISTORY
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In the beginning…
Created during the Jesus People Movement of the 1970s
The Jesus People Movement was a revival born out of the late 1960s counterculture that stands as a watershed of evangelical history
It began among the hippies@1967 – former drug addicts
Addicts spoke of freedom from drugs, wide-eyed teenagers recounted dramatic healings and miracles, while others joined in choruses of ecstatic utterances wherever two or three devotees were gathered together.
The same kind of transformational fervor as the Azusa Street Revivals Azusa Street documentary part 1 Part 2
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Lonnie Frisbee
One of the more charismatic personas to emerge from the Jesus People scene was Lonnie Frisbee.
Frisbee believed God wanted him to preach the gospel before the children of counterculture.
crowds of over 2,000 enthusiastic teenagers came to hear him speak at Calvary Chapel
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Jesus Movement
Began on the West coast
quickly spread to other parts of North America.
Jesus communes and coffeehouses spread throughout the 50 states and ten provinces.
Time magazine named Jesus Christ their man of the year for 1971
While membership in mainline denominations continued to plummet, evangelically conservative churches began to grow.
Music In Jesus Movement
Rock music was a natural medium through which faith was conveyed. I think I love you...
Many of the songs we now sing emanated from this time; “Jehovah Jireh,” and many of the Jewish choruses all emerged from this era of musical innovation.
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Lonnie Frisbee had a great influence on John Wimber
John Wimber - founding leader of the Vineyard.
He shaped the theology and practice of Vineyard churches until his death in November 1997.
Before salvation, John was a "beer-guzzling, drug-abusing pop musician, who was converted at the age of 29 while chain-smoking his way through a Quaker-led Bible study" (Christianity Today, editorial, Feb. 9 1998).
Vineyard
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Andrae Crouch
Andrae Crouch and the Disciples grew out of this movement to some extent
Andrae Crouch's music and the Jesus Movement
“Where did rock & roll come from?? Well if you ask Elvis, Larry Norman or The Beatles they will probably tell you Black Gospel or Spirituals or Delta Blues. Perhaps Andrae’ Crouch is the Father of Christian Rock? (Norman Fans please don’t throw stuff at the monitor)”
Praise Choruses
Aimed at corporate worship
More mellow than the rock music of the Jesus People Movement or of gospel music
interview wi th Karen Lafferty
"Seek Ye First" (Karen Lafferty) became a major hit at Calvary Chapel and quickly spread by song-of-mouth to Jesus People homes, coffeehouses, and "fellowships" all over Southern California—and then across the country. By the mid-1970s, it had also begun to pop up in a number of mainstream evangelical congregations as well.
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Seek Ye First
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Jesus People movement faded by the late 1970s
The impact of its musical innovations continued to reverberate throughout the evangelical church.
Hundreds of grassroots troubadours evolved into professional songwriters and "worship leaders.”
New publishing entities created praise and worship music: Vineyard, Maranatha!, Word
Seminars and worship workshops dotted the landscape
Hymnals replaced by overhead projectors and, by the 1990s, big-screen video projectors.
"Worship Wars" between traditionalists and new music
separate worship services
"blended worship."
Bethel Church
Bethel Music
West Angeles COGIC
Largest black Pentecostal denomination
Ushered in worship and praise as a movement in the black church
Movement from the old Testimonial Services of the black church – specifically black Baptist
Hymns Vs Praise Choruses
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