The growth of the Anglican Church in East and Central Africa has resulted in the loss of the church's singing traditions. Over the years, the church has come up with different tunes for its hymns. The ...

All Souls’ Day on November 2, stands as one of the most reflective days in the Christian calendar — a time when hearts turn heavenward in remembrance of those who have journeyed beyond this world. It ...

Legendary composer Irving Berlin wrote his iconic God Bless America for a musical revue while in the Army during World War I, but he shelved it. One hundred years later, it turns out his patriotic ...

Four hundred years ago, the ancestors of the song leaders who recently gathered in an Ephrata-area church likely would have sung the same hymns in the same way. They would have been sung in German, ...

Hymn Sing was a television series produced in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for CBC Television. The program featured hymns, spirituals, and inspirational music sung by a sixteen voice choir. The show's ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Christians around the world will sing joyfully this morning to celebrate Easter, proclaiming their faith in the Resurrection of Jesus through lyrics that have told the sacred ...

%27In Christ Alone%27 a favorite new hymn with youth Gettys write songs as lasting testament They want their music to connect with souls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most songwriters in Nashville want to get ...

Harriette Merolla was a young Brooklyn gal working with a music composer in the early 1960s when she was asked to write words for a song called "Hymn to Freedom." Merolla, then known as Harriette ...