No more songs please! Have we reached ‘Peak Worship’?

It’s Gloria in excess, says Jonty Langley. Worship leaders are reporting they’re overwhelmed with new songs to choose from. Could it be time for a moratorium on the release of new music?

Well, it happened. We reached Peak Worship. A new study by Worship Leader Research has found that 44 per cent of worship leaders want fewer new songs to consider for their churches.

The reasons are complex and so we are left to surmise why so many are feeling New Chorus Fatigue. There seems, for example, to be no scientific data relating to how many times the human body can repeat phrases like “your glory” disconnected from any meaningful reason to do so before going into catastrophic organ (or rhythm section) failure. But the basic question many people are asking is: are too many worship songs being written?