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 ...

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.

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.

Hymns have a way of bringing us back to truth beyond just our own emotions. I think hymns do that more than some of the contemporary worship music that is more singularly emotive.

(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 ...