From a 19 th century Swiss poet to Ukrainian missionaries to a singing cowboy, this is the improbable story of one of the world’s best-known hymns. If you’ve heard two hymns in your life, chances are ...

Songwriters and hit worship singers including Matt Maher, Chris Tomlin, and Mitch Wong come together to celebrate the hymn’s 75th anniversary. Cliff Barrow’s announcement at Billy Graham’s New York ...

Grammy Award-winning songwriter and worship leader Matt Redman has written hundreds, maybe thousands of songs in his celebrated career. For his latest release, however, he only wrote one verse that ...

Southern Sweden was the place where "How Great Thou Art" had its beginning in 1886. It was written in the home of author and editor, Carl Boberg, a member of the Swedish Parliament from 1912 to 1931.

(RNS) — The well-known and beloved-by-many words of “How Great Thou Art” have had a long and varied trajectory from Swedish poem to German hymn to a tradition at Billy Graham crusades. In celebration ...

Carrie Underwood's Easter Sunday performance on ‘American Idol’ of ‘How Great Thou Art’ captivated audiences. Dressed in a flowing pink gown, Underwood delivered an emotional rendition of the hymn, ...

The story of George Beverly Shea’s signature tune. This article originally appeared as a post on Christian History in 2009, when George Beverly Shea turned 100 years old. Shea died yesterday at the ...

The Brandon High School Band was prevented performing during halftime Friday night because its show included the Christian hymn "How Great Thou Art." (Contributed photo/Brandon High School) The uproar ...

American Idol celebrated Easter Sunday with a special “Songs of Faith” episode on Sunday night (April 20), and Carrie Underwood‘s performance was arguably the crown jewel of the whole evening.