[tellw]

You might find interesting: Teenagers and Church Music: What Do They Really Think, a study (I think by the Lutherans) showing that most teens prefer music in church to be "church-like" (i.e. not pandering to be hip). Most teens thought that the most appropriate church music included:

* choral music, not instrumental

* sung by a group of singers rather than a soloist

* characterized by a simple musical texture and understandable text.

"Musical examples reminiscent of popular styles (rock, jazz, country) were overwhelmingly rejected as church music. The example rated most appropriate was a male choir singing a four-part version of Psalm 98 (The Lutheran Hymnal 667!). The piece considered least appropriate was the loud and rhythmic "Midnight Oil," performed by the Christian rock group Petra."

[JustMytwocents70]

I used to be an ELCA Lutheran and the church was run by the baby boomer crowd( i am not knocking all of them!).
They used to think the contemporay service was real hip with the drums, keyboard, hand swaying, etc.! It made me and my wife want to vommit!

Grant it I am only in my mid 30's but I really prefer a liturgical traditional service/mass setting.
I really enjoy the traditional latin mass now that I went back to my RC roots.

[AnalogReigns]

You might find interesting: Teenagers and Church Music: What Do They Really Think, a study (I think by the Lutherans) showing that most teens prefer music in church to be "church-like"...

I wonder about the nature of the sample for this survey. The author of the study is LCMS, and the LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) is extremely exclusive and fundamentalist...

I'm sure if you surveyed say the student body of say Bob Jones University in SC, you'd find similar results, which really doesn't tell you much. There would be no market for Christian rock if such statistics were accurate among broadly evangelical teens. It's a huge market too.