Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

(For more about Integrity Music see “Don Moen” in thisDirectory of Contemporary Worship Musicians.)International House of Prayer (IHOP)(For more on the the history of contemporary praise musicfrom its inception in the Jesus People movement and theintimate association of contemporary praise with thecharismatic movement in general as well as its most radicalaspect, the “latter rain apostolic miracle revival,” see “CalvaryChapel,” “Christ For e Nations,” “Lindell Cooley,” “TimHughes,” “Integrity Music,” “omas Miller,” “Kevin Prosch,”“David Ruis,” “Marsha Stevens,” “Michael W. Smith,” “JohnTalbot,” and “John Wimber.”)International House of Prayer (IHOP), headquartered inKansas City, Missouri, is a charismatic ministry that isinfluential in the contemporary praise music movement.IHOP’s official record label is Forerunner Music, which hasreleased more than 80 albums since 2001.Some of the worship artists associated with IHOP are MistyEdwards, David Brymer, Cory Asbury, Matt Gilman, DavyFlowers, Jon urlow, Luke Wood, Sarah Edwards, JustinRizzo, Zachary Simms, Brandon Hampton, and CassieCampbell.e music is designed to feed the charismatic-ecumenicalmystical experience, as we have described in the videopresentation “e Transformational Power of ContemporaryWorship Music.” ere is the sensual pulsing, skipping,tripping, body-jerking syncopated dance rhythms, theelectronic modulation, the reverb and echo and feedback, theunresolving chord sequences, the pounding drums, thesensual vocal styles, the dramatic rise and fall of the soundlevel, and the repetition, all of which create an atmosphere inwhich charismatic seekers experience an emotional high, arehypnotized to receive an unscriptural message, and areprepared for “signs and wonders” phenomena.178