They knew that “Amazing Grace” would make the cut, and that “How Great Thou Art” was a sure thing. The committee that chose the 250 hymns for Hymns for Worship, considered these songs “classical hymns ...

According to Seyi Shay, enslaved people were made to sing those hymns written by slave owners while being subjected to torture. In her words, “I stopped going to that church. PERIODT”.

Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. ... He hopes to use this new version of the first hymn in worship.

It’s an invitation to worship with no spoken word, just music. The Big Sing will welcome any interested singer to join in a choir of hymns on July 25. The free event is one of the first of its ...

“The First Hymn,” like the preceding “ancient-future” worship trend of the 2000s, offers connection to early believers by adapting or reviving an artifact of the faith for modern ...

Hymns go back to basics The Gettys, who moved to Nashville in 2011, were in Orlando recently to lead worship at the Gospel Coalition conference, which drew about 5,000 people.

The 8,000-pipe Aeolian-Skinner organ, built in 1932 for Harvard University, will feature prominently in a new Sunday worship service that will focus on old-time hymns instead of contemporary ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. ... He hopes to use this new version of the first hymn in worship.

Worship leaders Keith and Kristyn Getty recently updated a famous missions hymn—“Facing a Task Unfinished”—in order to inspire evangelism.Meanwhile, the Hymn Society released 55 old ...

Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding joined forces to recreate an 1,800-year-old hymn Tomlin's 'Good Friday Nashville' concert on April 18 sold out Bridgestone Arena Christian singer/songwriter Chris ...