The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

For the past two decades, I have hosted hymn sings for older folks who miss the good old songs of the faith. In an age when ...

Chris Tomlin reflects on rediscovering and reimagining the earliest known Christian hymn and shares how the ancient song ...

The number of Americans who identify as Christians has declined in recent years, from 78.4 percent in 2007 to 70.6 percent in 2014. That drop-off is most pronounced among young Americans, but it cuts ...

It's a hymn that the faithful start singing whenever a Baptist church organist plays the opening chords -- because everyone knows it by heart. All together now: "When peace like a river attendeth my ...

A Scottish church has voted to allow the singing of hymns and playing of musical instruments for the first time in 160 years, according to a report. The Free Church of Scotland, which split from the ...

We've gathered renditions of songs like "Amazing Grace," "In Christ Alone" and more to help you focus on what matters most ...

Randall Sensmeier has spent decades playing the organ, composing music and leading congregations in song. But he has also been bringing to light new church composers and their work. The 74-year-old ...

Two old hymnals, both well worn, rest on a desk in Roger E. Olson’s home office in Waco, Texas. The leading theologian used one hymnal in his childhood. The other comes from the church he attended as ...

In his new song "Ol' Church Hymn," Darius Rucker has found a love so good it feels like the soothing words of "Amazing Grace." The track feels like it was plucked right out of a Sunday service and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 400 hymns and children's songs will be included in a new combined book to be released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2026. While the full book will be ...