In 2020, Bethel musician turned political activist Sean Feucht also called the election fraudulent. Johnson also called the 2020 election results fraud. (The question then becomes whether Facebook and other online forums count as digital pulpits.) Bethel senior pastor Bill Johnson publicly endorsed former President Trump in 20, claiming that he had “never seen a president who loved prayer as much as Donald Trump,” and that Trump’s “passion for godly counsel is also legendary.” Insert large-eye emoji. Watchdog groups claim its leaders espouse biblically iffy if outright heretical teachings.īethel leaders aren’t afraid to endorse political leaders, even though the IRS bars pastors from endorsing candidates from the pulpit. ![]() ![]() Bethel is a charismatic megachurch in Redding, California, and has stirred controversy for embracing some fringe neo-Pentecostal practices around physical healing, angels, and the appearance of gold dust and feathers during worship. But Bethel and Elevation are both familiar to me - not for glowing reasons. I don’t know anything about Passion City Church in Atlanta, besides that it’s pastored by Louie and Shelley Giglio. It’s the monopolization of contemporary worship. Just four megachurches are shaping the theology and practices of churches across traditions and denominations. “If you have ever felt like most worship music sounds the same,” the study’s authors write, “it may be because the worship music you are most likely to hear in many churches is written by just a handful of songwriters from a handful of churches.” The study, backed by a grant from the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship (insert fist pump for my alma mater), found that of 38 songs that made the Top 25 lists for CCLI and PraiseCharts, nearly 100 percent (36) came from just four churches Hillsong Bethel Church Passion City Church in Atlanta and Elevation Church in North Carolina.Ĭhristianity Today reported on the study, detailing how “Oceans,” “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” “Reckless Love,” and “Way Maker” have made their way into thousands of churches the world over. ![]() This spring, six researchers at the Worship Music Institute released a study showing the monopoly that just four megachurches have on the worship industry. Image: īut there are other reasons to branch out beyond Hillsong in church.
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