Funny I guess it's going around. My church recently switched to electonic drums also. I forget what the name is. Even though they aren't awesome sounds, they are decent and made running the sound a whole lot easier for our crew.

Before that they tried all kinds of things with the acoustics. An elaborate drum shield was built around the drums that kept getting bigger and bigger. Without it everything was drowned out and even with it the cymbals would feed right into the singer's mics. The result was drums that were never the right level and impossible to control. It was also deafening for the drummers behind the shield. As a keyboard player I don't miss it.

Electronics are also better I think because they are more versatile and we do a lot of different styles.