TLHP #68 on why we need a new hymnal
On a recent episode of The Lutheran History Project, host Pastor Benjamin Phelps interviews Pastor Joel Otto about changes in worship over the 175 years of the WELS' existence.
At the 32-minute mark, the question is posed "Why a new hymnal" and Otto responds
"Yeah, I think maybe two things were driving it. There has been an increase in hymn writing which has occurred from the late twentieth century into the first decade of the twenty-first, both by Lutheran sources but also the broader Christian world, and a recognition of trying to produce music that has got a more modern feel but also congregational, congregational singing in nature, I'm thinking of the Keith Getty hymns, Stuart Townsend and those hymns... but also the recognition that not every WELS congregation anymore is just leading worship with an organ... and online resources..."
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