Kevin Mills grew up at Vineville Baptist Church in Macon. He attended the traditional worship services with his family and friends. Folks dressed in their “Sunday best,” sat in the pews and admired ...

Religious texts are the backbone of faith and help followers put their beliefs into action. These teachings are interpreted during worship services through sermons, messages and readings, but also ...

Let's pause to consider the value of Byzantine art and how its music and iconography have such great spiritual significance. Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and ...

Noreen Schofield knows she did her job if her fellow parishioners leave Mass feeling better than they did when they arrived. The music she and her fellow Catholics provide each weekend at Mary, Mother ...

It’s no wonder many of the church’s great prayers and meditations have been set to music through the ages. Comforting, convicting and inspiring verses are made even more stirring and memorable with ...

After the emergence and growing presence of Christian praise songs on Sunday, some modern hymn writers are looking to go retro. According to NPR, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty of ...

When Western missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they disallowed the use of native musical instruments in church, which they associated with demonic worship. But now, the instruments ...

“To be a specialist about hymns is rare.” He is also an author/composer who has contributed to several hymn collections. His name adorns number 256, the final song in Hymns for Worship: "God We Sing ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.