Brian Doerksen, the Canadian worship leader and songwriter whose songs shaped congregational singing in churches around the ...

What is the future of congregational singing, especially in North America over the next 10 years? How is it changing? How can and should technology play a role? These questions are of first importance ...

There is a common melody that runs through 250 years of American history. John Peter Ford, New Albany native who is a Ph.D ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Although the chancel choir, the soloists, and the instrumentalists are all vital contributors to the music of worship, our ...

African-American Baptists, white Baptists from Appalachia and Presbyterian Scottish Highlanders are gathering at Yale University to celebrate a shared tradition. It's called line singing, and it's ...

(RNS) — 'This idea that we need to be at war with each other over worship styles, I find ridiculous,' said center director Brian Hehn. (RNS) — Praise team leaders, organists, gospel choir members and ...

*Although screen monitors are used these days, I remember the interaction while sharing a hymnal and singing together with the person next to me in church – pointing out each stanza on each staff to ...

Christian congregations have not always been allowed to lift up their hearts in songs of praise. St. Ambrose, 4th Century Bishop of Milan and teacher of St. Augustine, seems to have started ...

Rite and Reason: Why is it that Irish Catholics do not have a tradition of singing in church? Gerard Gillen considers the problems… Rite and Reason: Why is it that Irish Catholics do not have a ...

(RNS) — They are words the Rev. John Witvliet, an expert on Christian worship, never thought he would hear himself say. “Based on the science that we are learning about this week, we are urging and I ...