So, I know the elders won’t be in favour of this, but if we’re not going to sing hymns, we should at least sing something better than the “Jesus is my boyfriend” lyrics found in many contemporary worship songs. Here are some songs I know the church would never let us sing…but they should!

I already wrote about Mennonites adding Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah to the hymnal , and I’m still very much in favour of that. And, of course, there are some other really obvious ones like Bob Dylan’s Christian period , The Byrds “Turn Turn Turn,” or pretty much anything by Sufjan Stevens. But what are some other rock and pop songs that we should sing in church?

7. “God Only Knows” – The Beach Boys – Perhaps the most beautiful pop song ever written. Sure, it’s a bit on the romantic side for church,

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