by Prophezine News
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
“The U.S. church phenomenon “U2-charist” is now hitting the Church of England for the country’s first Holy Communion service using U2’s best-selling songs.
“Already, 150 churches in 15 U.S. states and seven countries have had or plan to have U2 Eucharists. The service stems from an Episcopal church in York Harbor, Maine, where the Rev. Paige Blair displayed U2’s lyrics next to the altar in the summer of 2005.
“Blair said much of U2’s songs are explicitly Christians and perfectly suitable for worship service, according to USA Today. She also noted that some people might need time to get used to the idea.
“One Lutheran author justified the replacement of hymns with the rock band’s lyrics and a church’s decision to choose Bono over today’s contemporary Christian music (CCM).” Click here to read this entire article.
