Churches of Christ debate adding instrumental music to worship services Most Churches of Christ don't use instruments because the New Testament doesn't specifically instruct worshipers to do so.

The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was rewritten by Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding just in time for Easter.

Five hundred years after Martin Luther and a colleague published their first hymnal, Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Emeritus Paul Rorem has written a book that provides what his ...

I almost always pair a modern worship song with a longer text, alternating between congregational singing of a song with congregational reading (while continuing an instrumental bed underneath).

Hymn writing should be a spiritual practice for everyday saints, not just for worship professionals.

Hymns go back to basics The Gettys, who moved to Nashville in 2011, were in Orlando recently to lead worship at the Gospel Coalition conference, which drew about 5,000 people.

Christian music writers Ben Fielding and Chris Tomlin were approached by a historian with a Christian artifact that needed to see new life. The result is a modern-day worship song and documentary.

Fans of a beloved contemporary Christian hymn won’t find any satisfaction in a new church hymnal. The committee putting together a new hymnal for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) dropped the popular ...