Consolidating Worship: Challenges and Trends in Church Services

Mark Clifton, Mark Hallock, and Dan Hurst share some reasons why churches are moving from multiple worship services with different worship styles to a single worship style.

Some Highlights:

1. Multiple worship styles created an “us-versus-them” mentality.
2. The church did not have the resources to do multiple styles with quality.
3. The church moved from multiple services to one service.
4. The millennial generation has influenced many churches.
5. Worship wars are waning.
6. Multiple generations are becoming more accustomed to different types of church music and worship styles.

Resources Related to This Episode:

• “Six Reasons Some Churches are Moving Back to One Worship Style” by Kenny Lamm