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 ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 11 new hymns on Thursday, marking 48 songs so far in the church's new "Hymns — For Home and Church" hymnbook that have been ...

As part of a project that started more than six years ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released online 13 hymns to be added to the new Hymns—for Home and Church hymnbook. The ...

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 ...

(RNS) — It’s hard to find solace in church when the hymns are mostly in major keys. In times of grieving, the Psalms can comfort us in the losses we all experience. (RNS) — Ten years ago, two weeks ...

Often people who don’t go to church think that those who do go spend their time there singing hymns. Yet there is no explicit provision for parish hymn-singing in the Book of Common Prayer, and, in ...

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 ...

Sunday mornings at the Free Methodist Church in Irvine are pretty typical, with praise songs and a sermon. But on Saturday ...

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 ...

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette creates “sung prayers” for a problem that seems difficult to solve while also spurring people to end gun violence. Her hymn “335,609 (I Cried to God),” sung to the tune of “Be ...