A lot of attention has been given to the rise of contemporary worship music in the church over the past decade. However, according to the latest Your Church poll in an 8-year series of surveys the ...

The School of Music’s upcoming “Lectures in Musicology” event will aim to strike a chord with students Monday evening. In this installment of the weekly series, Dylan Crosson — a PhD candidate in ...

Pilgrims cheer as Dave and Lauren Moore and others perform July 19, 2024, during the third revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Credit: OSV News ...

“Awake” — the first studio album in 15 years from popular Christian collective Hillsong Worship — didn’t come without struggle. Recording in their defacto home city of Sydney, Australia, a “freak ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The shift to contemporary worship music—what we're most familiar with today—began in the 1960s. In the United States, the climate ...

Churches are creatively merging the depth of traditional hymns with the vibrancy of contemporary worship to create music that feels both timeless and relevant. This approach preserves theological ...

From Gregorian chants to CCM megahits, we need music that confronts us with the gospel’s strangeness. When I was an agnostic, I prided myself on my open mind. I listened to the full range of spiritual ...

Worship music is undergoing a transformation as churches weigh the theological richness of hymns against the cultural resonance and innovation of contemporary styles. From orchestral cantatas to indie ...