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It’s like finding needles in a hymnstack. Studying the cultural history of contemporary worship music means I listen to a lot of albums. Arriving at the dissertation stage of my doctoral studies has ...

Berks County’s Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Cullen might have been surprised to discover he was the answer to a priest’s prayers. The prayers happened to come from the Rev. John Francis, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - On a recent Wednesday evening, the band began to play. Dean Brusnighan sat at a table in the back of the room at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in West Lafayette. At times ...

Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church. In his new book, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns (P & R Publishing), T. David Gordon argues that modern worship choruses have ...

Based in Franklin, Tenn., the couple joins a community of renowned artists such as Brian and Jenn Johnson, Josh Baldwin, Kristene DiMarco, Zahriya Zachary, David Funk, John Wilds, and others who have ...

Emily Pancake stood in front of a group of her fellow worshippers who had joined together to form a makeshift choir for Revolution Church’s Palm Sunday service. The group included men and women, ...

The Grammy-nominated composer and gospel pioneer, whose music transformed modern worship and inspired generations of churches ...