Martin Luther, best known for his powerful hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” was a German composer and theologian who changed the course of church music. His work was groundbreaking, as he brought ...

Wendy Lynn Platt wrote "Help Us Remember" for the 1997 Church Music Festival. Now it is in the new global hymnbook. She hopes it helps people look more closely at the ordinance of the sacrament.

SALT LAKE CITY — More than 400 hymns and children's songs will be included in a new combined book to be released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2026. While the full book will be ...

The growth of the Anglican Church in East and Central Africa has resulted in the loss of the church's singing traditions. Over the years, the church has come up with different tunes for its hymns. The ...

No matter the language, Maria R. Nieva is pleased to greet the Blessed Mother in song. Nieva, a music minister in Our Lady of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Church of England has announced to use the songs of a global supergroup in an effort to boost congregations. LONDON: The Pope may have condemned rock music as "anti-religion" but the Church of ...

The number of Americans who identify as Christians has declined in recent years, from 78.4 percent in 2007 to 70.6 percent in 2014. That drop-off is most pronounced among young Americans, but it cuts ...