Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rooted in the rich tradition of African-American spirituals. Gospel music has evolved over time. The genre's earliest beginnings ...

Read the sidebar article on the making of the new PCUSA hymnal. Hymnals are more like telephones than automobile tires. Tires wear out visibly and require replacing. Telephones, on the other hand, ...

Debra James Tucker knows enough about gospel music to fill multiple hymnals, but no song can top “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.” “I sing because I’m happy / I sing because I’m free,” the chorus, written ...

%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 ...

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 ...

When Chris Tomlin first saw a photograph of a fragile scrap of papyrus unearthed in Egypt, a fragment containing what is believed to be the earliest known Christian hymn, the Grammy Award-winning ...

How the Great Migration changed music in the black church forever. In the 1920s, Chicago’s first African American congregations were at a crossroads. After decades of investment, the churches and ...

Picture this: It's sometime in the early 1990s, in rural Oklahoma. There's a little Baptist church – it's Sunday, and inside of the church everyone is wearing their nicest clothes. They listen to the ...

Hymn writing should be a spiritual practice for everyday saints, not just for worship professionals. Anyone who has grown up in or around the church is likely familiar with “hymn stories”—the stories ...

(RNS) Andrae Crouch, a Grammy-winning gospel composer and singer whose music remains a staple in many church hymnals, died January 8. He was 72 and had been ill for many years. Among his most ...

Easter weekend is here, and millions of people around the world will gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion on Good Friday. Those who celebrate are giving thanks ...