Southern Baptist Jimmy Carter’s funeral was marred by the singing of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at the National Cathedral. Garth ...

The Avett Brothers, a renowned folk-rock band from Concord, North Carolina, performed the classic hymn as a moving tribute.

A video authentically shows people inside a church singing Madonna's "Like a Prayer" around Christmastime.

The lyrics call out for Jesus to "be near me" and "bless all the dear children." "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" is a hymn and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church ...

The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

Hymn lyrics and melodies from countries such as ... “The Iona Community was one of the earliest church communities to sing songs from places like Africa before it became something that was ...

“Hymns should not be altered just because the Church conforms to every progressive cause,” he was quoted as saying. He asked whether attending a Jewish or Hindu festival would warrant altering the ...

Church leaders urge clergy to use language ... The Bishop added: “The lyrics in some of our hymns, even those that have been sung for many years, are not always understood as having their ...

Arriving home, he jotted down the lyrics. Then he asked his wife ... He as the rector of a Pennsylvania church and wrote the hymn for a Christmas pageant. The song was published in 1862.

As Christians gather at churches across the world to celebrate Christmas, songs of old, those dating back more than a century and passed down through generations, will fill candle-lit sanctuaries.

Arriving home, he jotted down the lyrics. Then he asked his wife Gloria to write ... He as the rector of a Pennsylvania church and wrote the hymn for a Christmas pageant. The song was published in ...

Church music developed through the following centuries, with the Mass punctuated by specified Latin chants, which were more elaborate during special seasons in the church year, especially Christmas ...