The compilation of about 700 selections has sold more than a million copies. An ad for the hymnal shows the book being shared by a young man, dressed in black, with tattoos, and an elderly woman in an old-fashioned print dress. However far-fetched the ad may seem, there is evidence that when blended services work, they work well, worshippers say. At New Covenant Baptist Church in Orlando, there are two choirs that alternate selections. I come from a fundamentalist Baptist background where there were a lot of hymns, anthems and spirituals.
All types of music have their merit.