When you think of live music, you might think of a concert or a nightclub. But one of the hottest markets for live-performance equipment is about as far away from a nightclub as you can get: Church. Susan Valot found out when she stopped by the National ...

Work has begun to reinvent a historic Downtown church as a music hall. There's already an unofficial waiting list.

Youth around America embrace different kinds of music, from R&B; to Alternative to Gospel Rock. How does this affect the church? It is quite simple. Churches have to change their musical style in order to attract young people. Many songs like, "Amazing ...

Background: Lister, 40, was born in Geneva, Ohio, and lives in Clifton Park. He received a bachelor of arts in piano performance from Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio, a master's degree in music theory from Indiana University and a doctorate in ...

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Hispanic congregations are following in the footsteps of Pentecostal churches by raising up music and worship ministers from within, even if they can’t fret a guitar string. DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Andrea Hernandez picks out intricate ...

Nowhere was music more essential than in church. The hymns people sang on Sunday mornings warned them of God’s eternal judgment, but also offered the promise of salvation—even to the sinners who had been out carousing on Saturday night. Many ...

Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the spectrum are Catholic churches, which have a deep ...

A study finds an increasingly rapid turnover time for church music. Churches across the US and Canada sang, “Refiner’s fire / my heart’s one desire / is to be holy” for a full decade after Vineyard worship pastor Brian Doerksen released it in 1990.

Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape their Sunday services. At the other end of the spectrum are Catholic churches, which have a deep ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Uplifting, strengthening, calming: All three are words to describe music in the Black church. Duval Schools Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene says singing in the choir was part of feeling safe and accepted after moving to Northeast ...

In a recent article Donald Hustad called for a philosophy of church music that is more than “a matter of aesthetics.” Such a philosophy is not easy to achieve. Prejudice must be divorced from taste, and both prejudice and taste must face art.