The kick drum thumped. The high hat ticked. And the audience punctuated the hymn with the syncopated double clapping often heard in Black churches. Some of the congregants sang with masks over ...

Every Black ... churches began to exchange choirs for “praise and worship” teams who led the entire church in a section of congregational singing of repetitive choruses in lieu of hymns ...

People in political T-shirts lined up to fill their plates with Haitian food ... to the Polls” rally that has become a campaign season rite of many Black and Caribbean churches across South Florida.

United States Women's National Team star Midge Purce had an awkward interaction recently with fellow NWSL player Nikki ...

The Akathist Hymn is a profound, devotional poem, which sings the praises of the Holy Mother and Ever-Virgin Mary. It is one of the most beloved services in the Orthodox Church. It was composed in the ...

Dorothy Porter has done us an invaluable service by reproducing the hymn in ... Episcopal Church, was history’s driving force in the production of an educated African-American clergy. Indeed, his ...

1:59 New Horizons Baptist Church in Halifax ... reopening After the hymns and quiet prayers of a Sunday morning, Rev. Rhonda Britton sat in the silence of her 192-year-old Black church in Halifax ...

Over the years, the church has come up with different tunes for its hymns. The same hymns are sung in different tunes by various Anglican churches, and now the church has decided to come up with ...

Rev. Liz Walker, founder of the “Can We Talk?” community healing initiative, says artistic expression goes beyond spiritual ...

The Black church has long been ... Alter created a slew of recommendations for the church to implement: shorter services, using familiar prayers and hymns, and visual aids to follow along during ...

Fans of the Gettys see their music as a needed antidote to shallow praise and worship in their churches. The lyrical density of the Gettys’ modern hymns is a signpost of depth, and many say that ...

When Kamala Harris was growing up, she and her sister went to a neighborhood church, where they sang her favorite hymn ... has spoken from pulpits in Black churches in Georgia and North ...