COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Other than the occasional "Amazing Grace," the hymn is dead at many Protestant churches these days. As church music evolved to fit the times, the hymn book has been tucked ...

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’ ...

Ruth Genco is a pianist, a children’s book author and a painter who works with watercolors. But one of her favorite gigs is singing duets with her husband of 55 years the Rev. John Genco. “I am her ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Roti tu Zindagi di Yashu Khawa de Aabe Hyaat naal tu saanu Pyal de... is not any Punjabi number but the traditional Christian hymn with a Punjabi touch. The most important hymn that the group will ...

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 ...