(RNS) — They are words the Rev. John Witvliet, an expert on Christian worship, never thought he would hear himself say. “Based on the science that we are learning about this week, we are urging and I ...

What is the future of congregational singing, especially in North America over the next 10 years? How is it changing? How can and should technology play a role? These questions are of first importance ...

*Although screen monitors are used these days, I remember the interaction while sharing a hymnal and singing together with the person next to me in church – pointing out each stanza on each staff to ...

Congregational singing is one of our best tools for doing that. And visualizing worship as a funnel helps me channel that singing to a unified end. The opening of the service is like the wide mouth of ...

(RNS) — 'This idea that we need to be at war with each other over worship styles, I find ridiculous,' said center director Brian Hehn. (RNS) — Praise team leaders, organists, gospel choir members and ...

Rite and Reason: Why is it that Irish Catholics do not have a tradition of singing in church? Gerard Gillen considers the problems… Rite and Reason: Why is it that Irish Catholics do not have a ...

African-American Baptists, white Baptists from Appalachia and Presbyterian Scottish Highlanders are gathering at Yale University to celebrate a shared tradition. It's called line singing, and it's ...

Angela Westhoff-Johnson, Joseph Muir and Rachael Kitchens sing during the Easter Vigil Mass April 11, 2020, at St. Mary Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, Ore. Amid reports that ...