The Musical Glass Ceiling

Talk about a glass ceiling?????   One of my favorite blogs from Christianity Today, Her.meneutics, posted this:

According to Mark Geil’s article for Christianity Today on the gender balance in contemporary Christian music (CCM), exactly zero women are on Billboard's lists of the past decade’s top 10 Christian songs and top 10 Christian artists. (Billboard compiles their lists based on record sales.) Only two women are in the top 50, at numbers 40 (Francesca Battistelli) and 50 (Stacie Orrico). The surprising statistics highlight how difficult it can be for women in today’s Christian music industry.

The article goes on to say that many people interviewed said they were uncomfortable with women onstage leading worship.  What is that about?  And are our female Christian song artists experiencing fallout from our male-centric worship styles?   I would encourage our churches to embrace equality for the genders as we worship in song.  Time to stop this nonsense.