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 ...

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 ...

Dorothy Porter has done us an invaluable service by reproducing the hymn in her anthology of early ... sixth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was history’s driving force in the ...

"Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Praise the Lord with the lyre, make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, ...

People in political T-shirts lined up to fill their plates with ... that has become a campaign season rite of many Black and Caribbean churches across South Florida. “Being able to [vote ...

Photo provided by St. George Greek Orthodox Church, New Castle, PA and used with permission. "Rejoice, unfading rose. Rejoice, the only one who budded forth the unfading apple. Rejoice, birth-giver of ...

It’s thought the inspiration for this hymn came from a walk home from church when the author encountered a violent storm which then subsided into a peaceful calm. It was translated by the ...

Hymnody (the singing or composition of hymns) has evolved and changed over the centuries and been affected by new thinking and developing religious beliefs: throughout the history of the church ...

In very personal terms, he also described his experience at Trinity: Like other black churches, Trinity's services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor. They are full of dancing ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The second wave of hymns to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ global hymn book has ...

In very personal terms, he also described his experience at Trinity: Like other black churches, Trinity's services are full of raucous laughter and sometimes bawdy humor. They are full of dancing ...

Nine new hymns were released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today. Those hymns include "This is the Christ" and "amazing Grace" Hurricane Helene could make history in ...