‘This Is the Christ’ hymn began with an apostolic witness

Now the hymn is in the Church’s new global hymnbook, “ Hymns — For Home and Church .” The words were written by the late ...
The Digital Universe

Gospel choir gives new sound to Mormon hymns

A mostly black gospel choir in Utah is bringing a vibrant new sound to familiar Mormon hymns and shining a light on the increasingly global component of a faith that has more than half of its members ...
The Digital Universe

Hymnbook contributors remember experiences after 30 years of singing

Every time BYU editing professor Marvin Gardner opens a green 1985 LDS hymnbook, he remembers the spiritual experiences he and the other seven Hymnbook Executive Committee members had 30 years ago as ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

LDS hymnbook update: See which crowd-pleaser will be in next month’s release

After six years and thousands of submissions, the team tasked with the much-anticipated overhaul of the Latter-day Saint hymnbook announced Monday plans to release 12 songs that will appear in the ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

LDS Church creating new hymnbooks for Mormon adults children around the world, so national anthems won’t be included

You can almost hear the hallelujahs. Mormons who for decades have been thirsting for new songs to sing at Sunday services are getting their wish: a new hymnbook. It will take a couple of years to come ...
KSL

LDS Church to significantly revise hymnbooks, asks for original submissions

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KUTV

LDS Church encouraging members for participation in faith's revision of two songbooks

(KUTV) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is encouraging its members to participate in the revision of the faith's two sacred books of music. The Church is continuing to encourage its ...
Daily Herald

WWII survivor turns Parley P. Pratt poem into hymn

For one Utah County man, writing a hymn has brought him full circle after living through history. In April 2008, descendants of early Latter-day Saint leader Parley Parker Pratt felt certain they had ...