Hillsong Church has been embroiled in a steady stream of scandals, exposing sexual and financial

misconduct in a toxic and exploitative leadership culture. So should we still be singing their

worship songs, or should we be rethinking everything, including our worship sets? Welcome to the Roy's

report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's,

and this is part two of my discussion of a groundbreaking new study on modern worship with two

study collaborators, Elias Dumber and Dr. Shannon Baker.

Elias is a singer-songwriter who's also worked in marketing and research, and Shannon is a

postdoctoral research fellow at Baylor University who's studying contemporary worship.

In part one, we explored how almost all the top worship songs being sung in churches across

America are produced

by just four megachurches. They are Hillsong, Bethel, Elevation, and Passion City Church.

It was a fascinating discussion exploring the history and development of the modern worship movement.

And I encourage you, if you haven't already, go back and listen to that

podcast. But in part two, we talk about the scandals, these incredibly influential megachurches

have been involved in, and what that means for worship pastors and congregants.

Ours was a very lively discussion, and at some points we disagreed strongly. But I believe we generated

more light than heat, and so I'm really excited to share this podcast with you. But first,

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