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Members of Raw Harmony.
(Photo courtesy of Matthew Li)

by subverting the stereotype of Christian music being off- “At the end of the day, the value of our music is not
note and old-school. He wants to prove Christian music measured by statistics. What matters most is being able to
can also be trendy as well. bless people by connecting with them,” says the 43-year-
One of the young worshippers, who enjoys singing old experienced church musician.
these trendy Christian songs with a Hong Kong context,
is Ariel Li Yuet.
The 20-year-old journalism student from the Chinese
University of Hong Kong sings songs produced by the
three worship groups, Sea of Glass Worship, Raw Harmo-
ny and Milk&Honey Worship, at both campus and church.
“We Christians feel encouraged to see Christian music
becoming more popular and known to the public after the
social movements. I think these songs allow us to channel I believe there is more than
our troubled feelings and struggles in life to God,” she says. echoing in worship music, there
“I believe there is more than echoing in worship music,
there is hope, strength, and there is healing,” Li adds. is hope, strength, and there is
Enoch Lam Yee-lok, an adjunct lecturer in the music
department at the Hong Kong Baptist University and Lu- healing.
mina College, shares that Christian music has a significant
role to play in shifting people’s perceptions on Christianity.
“Christians are no longer seen as detached, called
names on the Internet, nor is their music only known to be
old-fashioned,” the scholar says.
Lam states that Christians started reflecting upon the Edited by Kassandra Lai
Edited by Kassandra Lai
purpose of worshipping during the Umbrella Movement
Sub-edited by Patricia Ricafort
in 2014, and in 2019 when bigger issues arose, Christians Sub-edited by Patricia Ricafor t
became more involved and brought the unofficial anthem
Sing Hallelujah to the Lord to demonstration sites.