If you wanted to pin the modern contemporary worship movement on one song, it would be Darlene Zschech's Shout to the Lord. Though she technically wrote it in 1993 for her Hillsong Church in Austrailia, it eventually made the leap across the Pacific and by the late 90's was winning awards for Song of the Year as well as being sung by an estimated 25-30 million people every Sunday.
Maybe I'm completely out of the loop and this is still a consistent inclusion in most churches' worship services, but I am making a educated guess that it has peaked in usage. I have no doubt though, that in 100 years, this will be one of the songs from our era that will have stood the test of time.
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