When a denomination puts together a new hymnal, it doesn’t just throw together a bunch of songs. It forms committees. Lots of them. Take the new Southern Baptist hymnal. Five years in the making, the ...

It's a hymn that the faithful start singing whenever a Baptist church organist plays the opening chords -- because everyone knows it by heart. All together now: "When peace like a river attendeth my ...

Worship leaders convince curriculum company of the value of lifewayworship.com. In July 2023, the company announced its plan to retire the platform—a “digital hymnal” that provides users with chord ...

“Amazing Grace” as it appears in Ginny Hawker’s family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...

It's about time for the Southern Baptist Convention to put out a new hymnal, and the move to update the songs has caused a little tension. A glut of new worship songs has led to sweeping changes in ...