Apostoic worship??

[Esaias]

The modern "charismatic worship music" movement (IHOP being one of the centers) is what's left of the Vineyard Movement. IHOP used to be a Vineyard church, apparently. Vineyard (especially Toronto Airport Vineyard) promoted music as the next big thing. Tons of music were produced, some of which was actually pretty good musically. But the goal was to create a powerful music-induced "experience of the presence of God".

Vineyard came from the Calvary Chapel group, which was one of the original "Jesus People" groups out of the 60s. Musically and worship-wise they and others were a Christianized alternative to the mind-blowing LSD fueled "acid rock" concerts of the 60s. But both movements had the same goal: to use music to CREATE a powerful, emotional response in the audience.

One of the founders of the Contemporary Christian Worship Music Movement said the Beatles were anointed by God but squandered it, and that God was going to restore that musical anointing to the modern worship movement in the charismatic churches. This was said back in 92 or 93 I think, maybe earlier. He made a big case that the Beatles' music literally drive the crowds into religious ecstasy, and that same anointing was coming to the charismatic worship scene. Vineyard, "the River" movement (RHB, etc), Hillsong, and IHOP are the current phases of that same movement: same people, same theology, same methodology.

And the same results.