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I grew up RC, when I started going back to [ Baptist ] church with my wife it was a small traditional one. The music was the older traditional classic standards.
Nothing wrong with that but it never got me going like some rock or pop songs do.
We moved to a small city, and they have Christian music radio stations, and we go to a church where the music is played with piano and guitars and drums. I find it such a blessing. This was unheard of, at least to me, 5 years ago.
Once a month my church has a special service like rock or folk or something beyond the usual. Some of the members didn't like it, but they don't have to attend. Many (even the "old people") enjoy it.
I love Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay, Steve Green, Phil Keagy, etc.--the "old timers" but am not familiar with the newer voices and groups.
Third Day, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, Mercy Me, Vicki Beeching, Enter the Worship Circle, TobyMac, Jars of Clay, Switchfoot. There are lots, too many to list. I listen to 89.5 KTSY
When I was a kid, I went to a church where the only songs we sang or heard were very traditional hyms. Now, married with kids, I've been attending this church for almost a year that sings all the songs mentioned above which I really love (love Casting Crowns "Praise You in this Storm"). They have a base player which just happens to be played by our pastor no less, piano, guitar which is played by our youth pastor and a full on drummer with a lead singer and female back up singer. I love it! But, I have to admit that the first time I walked in there and heard them play that music, I was sure God was going to strike me dead on the spot. Wow! Unheard of in my childhood church. The more I read my bible and prayed about it (cause it was a big thing for me, could have been a deal breaker), the more I realized that the Lord was telling me that if my heart was filled with His joy and not a wordly hey look it's a rock concert kind of joy, than my heart was in the right place and he would accept that kind of worship gladly. The church I came from as a child was very legalistic, told the women to wear only dresses and skirts, no jewelry other than a watch or maybe a pendant? In hindsight, it was strange. Very greatful that God lead me where I am today.
Wow, where to begin? Steven Curtis Chapman - all time favorite in any genre. His last few albums haven't been the greatest but nobody writes songs like he does. After that it runs all over the spectrum (in no particular order), Newsboys, Jars of Clay, Jennifer Knapp (awesome!), Chris Tomlin, Margaret Becker, Crystal Lewis, Susan Ashton, Geoff Moore, Caedmon's Call, Audio Adrenaline - and one of the most under appreciated pairs in Christian music if you ask me - Out of the Grey.
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