The Blessing and Bane of the North American Evangelical Megachurch

The music of the megachurch is both a bane and a blessing. The key task is discerning which of its dimensions fall in each category.

By:: John D. Witvliet

This book chapter, translated into Korean, is taken from Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice, Baker Academic, 2003.

Read the chapter in Korean.

Published:: November 20, 2014
Resource Type:: Article
Category:: Music
Occasion:: Teaching Worship
Task:: Teach about a topic
Tags:: korean, music in worship, translation

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