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Videos from other channels about Christian music: how the industry works, the problems people have reported, and what churches can do instead. 43 videos.
These are other people's videos. We list them because they explain something useful. Listing a video does not mean we agree with every point in it. When a video says something about a person, that is the video's claim, not ours. Check what you hear against the text, the same way you would check a song.
How the industry works
Labels, licensing, charts and history. How the songs your church sings got made and sold.
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They Burned Records...Then Started Making Them | Untold History of CCM
The series starts with church singing after the Reformation and follows the hymn writers up to the arrival of rock and roll.
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The Untold Tragedy Behind the Jesus Movement?
This episode tells the story of the Jesus Movement, from Lonnie Frisbee to Larry Norman and Maranatha Music.
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The Bizarre Evolution of Christian Music Labels
This episode tells how Word Records and Sparrow Records began, and how Christian record labels grew.
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Amy Grant, Pop Stars & the Industry That Trapped Them?
This episode traces how CCM grew into a big business, from gospel pioneers to pop stars like Amy Grant, and how record deals work.
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The Money Scheme Behind Modern Worship Music?
This episode explains CCLI, the church song license, and how its song counts decide who gets paid.
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The Truth Behind Every Christian Music Label
This episode traces how the big Christian labels were bought by the three major music companies, and what that meant for artists.
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The Hidden Money Behind Worship Tours (Child Sponsors?)
This episode follows worship music into arenas and looks at how tours pay their way, using Roys Report reporting.
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The Secret Factories Behind the World's Biggest Worship Songs
This episode looks at the four places the video says most Sunday songs come from, and at their writing camps.
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The Unseen Solution to Christian Music's Biggest Problem
This episode looks at indie artists and nonprofit record labels as another way to make Christian music.
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How Forrest Frank "Cracked the Code" on Christian Music
Kaitlyn Schiess and Kelsey McGinnis talk about how Forrest Frank and others reached the Billboard charts through TikTok and social media.
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Dr Leah Payne: The Complicated History of Christian Pop Music
Historian Leah Payne talks about the history of Christian pop music and the business around it.
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CCLI Explained in 3 Minutes (For Church Musicians) + FREE Access To Public Domain Chord Charts
A three-minute guide for church musicians on what CCLI is and how to use its website to find songs.
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WORSHIP MUSIC AS AN INDUSTRY | ABBIE GAMBOA & KORY MILLER
Songwriters Abbie Gamboa and Kory Miller talk about worship music as an industry, live at a 2025 festival.
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God Gave Rock and Roll To You: The Clash of the CCM Historians w Dr. Leah Payne and JJT
Leah Payne and John J. Thompson talk about where contemporary Christian music came from and what it grew into.
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Dr Adam Perez The Origins of Contemporary Praise and Worship Music
Dr. Adam Perez traces one of the two main roots of modern praise and worship music.
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How the Worship Music Industry Works | Elias Dummer at Churchfront Conference
Elias Dummer speaks at the Churchfront Conference on how the worship music industry works.
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How Contemporary Christian Music Shaped American Culture
The Holy Post team walks through Christian music from the 1970s to the early 2000s, from Keith Green to DC Talk, and how it was marketed.
The problems, as reported
Documented problems, reported by the people named in each video. The claims in these videos are theirs, not ours.
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Has Church Worship Become Just a Performance?
Two hosts discuss a Christianity Today article on the strain worship leaders report in their jobs.
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Songwriter Crystal Lewis Tells How Film Erased Her Role in Writing Hit Song
The Roys Report interviews songwriter Crystal Lewis about her account of the writing credit for the song "Even If."
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Meet the face behind AI gospel singer
16 WAPT News, a Mississippi TV station, reports on the person behind the AI gospel singer Solomon Ray.
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I Only Listened to AI Christian Music for 7 Days
Jeremy Johannes spends a week hearing only AI Christian music and asks if it means anything, if it is right, and if we should listen.
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LIVE: Mike Winger Joins Julie Roys to Discuss Charismatic Cover-Up Culture
The Roys Report talks live with Mike Winger about what the video calls cover-up culture in charismatic churches.
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The skeletons in Bethel's closet are now going to speak
Mike Winger reports on his own investigation of Shawn Bolz and Bethel, in a video over five hours long.
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'HE'S A HIT': AI generated singer tops Christian charts
Fox Business reports on the AI singer Solomon Ray topping Christian charts, and on concerns from religious leaders.
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AI-generated singer Solomon Ray hits No. 1 on Christian music charts
The hosts of Breakfast Television talk about Solomon Ray, an AI-made singer that reached No. 1 on Christian music charts.
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The Man Behind Solomon Ray - Christian AI Artist Interview
Are You Listening? interviews Christopher Townsend, who created the AI singer Solomon Ray, about why he made it.
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Why Mike Winger Started Exposing Bad Christian Leaders
Sean McDowell asks Mike Winger why he turned his channel toward investigating abuse and false teaching in churches.
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I Tricked EVERYONE With an A.I Worship Song
Jonathan Allen Wright has ChatGPT help make a worship song, then tests whether listeners can tell.
The way forward
Churches writing and singing their own songs, singing scripture, and checking what they sing.
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Songwriting For The Singing Church: October 2026 Songwriting Challenge
A songwriters' group sets its October challenge: write a church song based on Scripture, here Micah 7:18-20.
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Are We Losing the Art of Songwriting? ft. Kaelob Mecum
A CCLI podcast talks with worship pastor Kaelob Mecum about why worship songs can sound alike, and how to write for your own church.
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Why I Want Churches Singing the Psalms Again
Ty Rumble explains why he wants churches to sing the actual words of the Psalms together again.
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On Hymn Writing with Matt Boswell (Pastors Talk, Episode 341)
Hymn writer Matt Boswell talks with Jonathan Leeman about the craft of writing hymns for churches.
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Scripture Vs. Songs (Short Set Episode 5)
Patrick Murphy tells worship leaders why and how to read Scripture in a worship set, and to plan it before picking songs.
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The Three Cultures of Worship Songwriting | The Lutheran Worship Podcast
Two hosts describe three different ways songs get written and used, and what each means for a church.
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Pastoral Reflections on Fostering Congregational Singing - SBCMC 2026 - Heath Lambert
A pastor shares lessons from the Psalms for worship leaders on helping a whole church sing.
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Should we STOP singing Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation in church?
Worship Ministry Training lays out the case for and against singing Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation songs in church.
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Why We Sing in Church (And Why Music Shapes Your Theology)
A church podcast talks about why Christians sing, why the Psalms were meant to be sung, and how songs shape belief.
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'Christians need to sing theologically rich songs in their churches': Keith Getty
Keith Getty explains why he thinks churches should sing songs that are rich in doctrine.
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Manufacturing and Marketing God's Presence
Bob Kauflin and David Zimmer warn against talking about God's presence as if we could control it or make money from it.
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Worshipping a Big God in a Small Church
Bob Kauflin and David Zimmer talk about serving in worship at a small church with limited resources.
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How an Australian Church Is Changing Christian Songwriting [Recorded - Ep.9]
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra tells how one church in Australia came to write songs as CityAlight.
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Should Churches Write Their Own Worship Songs?
A podcast talks with a local worship leader about whether churches should write their own songs.
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How to Release Music At Your Church w/ Robby Busick | CCLI x Loop Community
Robby Busick talks with Loop Community's Matt McCoy about how churches can release their own music.