When people in church raise their voices in song, it's like praying, twice. That thinking has been traced to St. Augustine and is the basis of a new program for Lent at Church of Peace United Church ...

LITTLE ROCK — Ouachita Baptist University graduate C. Edward Spann has written a book about the Sunday morning musical tastes of U.S. presidents. Presidential Praise reveals the spiritual soundtracks ...

Ask people to list their favorite hymns, and pieces written by Fanny Crosby are sure to be listed. Among her thousands of hymns are “Blessed Assurance,” “To God Be the Glory,” “All the Way My Savior ...

Like many Methodists, Leon French grew up believing some of his favorite hymns were set to tunes of drinking songs – just as “The Star-Spangled Banner” used the melody of English tavern favorite “To ...