Pastor Rick Glowacki leads hymn singing at the monthly “How Great Thou Art” service at Columbus First Assembly, 2100 10th St. The traditional hymns of yesteryear that built much of Betsy Myers’ ...

After the emergence and growing presence of Christian praise songs on Sunday, some modern hymn writers are looking to go retro. According to NPR, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty of ...

BALTIMORE — Some Catholics have long complained that traditional hymns have been “modernized,” “vandalized” and “feminized” for “political correctness” at the expense of art and theology. Last month, ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.

Traditional hymns may be fading as churches look to contemporary music to attract younger crowds, but Dave Talbott is keeping the old music alive. Retired in September after 41 years as director of ...

The most popular songs played at funerals have been revealed, with no traditional hymns making the top 10 for the first time. Frank Sinatra's My Way tops the chart, with Robbie Williams' Angels and ...

Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.

That’s according to new research in the UK which shows Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side is now the #1 most-played song at funerals. The silly song now tops traditional hymns The Lord is ...

The 10 a.m. Sunday service at Immanuel United Church of Christwill in Streamwood will have traditional hymns, but with a strong sprinkling of Dixieland. The Mad Monks of Melody Dixieland Jazz Band ...

These days, German church congregations have a wide-ranging choice between timeless classic hymns and contemporary church music - a mixture that is as colorful as the secular music charts. "Sing to ...

Traditional hymns, litanies, motets and prayers in Konkani, Latin, and Portuguese, widely sung in churches in Goa and passed down through generations would have died a fast death if Father Antonio da ...