Fanny J. Crosby was a blind hymn writer who inspired generations through her deep faith and powerful lyrics. Despite losing her sight shortly after birth, she wrote over 8,000 hymns that touched ...

The early 19th-century hymn, which will feature at King Charles’ coronation at Westminster Abbey, remains one of the most popular of all time in English-speaking denominations. Here are its lyrics.

Joachim Neander was a German hymn writer and teacher in the late 1600s. He wrote many hymns that focused on praising God for His power, care, and presence in daily life. His work has been sung in ...

Legendary composer Irving Berlin wrote his iconic God Bless America for a musical revue while in the Army during World War I, but he shelved it. One hundred years later, it turns out his patriotic ...

More than five decades ago, the spiritual awakening known as the “Jesus Movement” swept through the U.S., bringing hippie culture into evangelical Christian churches and impacting the sound and feel ...

Hymns mean so much to so many people and if you have a favourite BBC Songs of Praise would like to know. Choose your all-time number one from the 100 hymns and worship songs that have been most ...

(RNS) — In the 1890s, a pair of British archaeologists began digging in an ancient rubbish heap at the edge of the ruins of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, looking for a glimpse into the city’s past. They’d ...

Historian teams up with Chris Tomlin and Hillsong’s Ben Fielding to adapt rare music dating back to the third century. Historian John Dickson knows that “early” Christian music usually refers to ...