From the days of slavery, spirituals and hymns have provided a means of survival ... and artists like Lecrae and Tedashii ...

The kick drum thumped. The high hat ticked. And the audience punctuated the hymn with the syncopated double clapping often heard in Black churches. Some of the congregants sang with masks over ...

Two churches, across the centuries. Generations after their birth in this nation first envisioned in Philadelphia, both ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter ...

Newton “became an active hymn-writer at a time when hymns were ... Sankey and the slightly later black church music ...

(Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press) After the hymns and quiet prayers of a Sunday morning, Rev. Rhonda Britton sat in the silence of her 192-year-old Black church in Halifax, reflecting on what ...

The Black church has long been more than just a place ... using familiar prayers and hymns, and visual aids to follow along during service. But while Epps said it can be tough asking your pastor ...

1:59 New Horizons Baptist Church in Halifax holds first Easter Sunday service since reopening After the hymns and quiet prayers ... silence of her 192-year-old Black church in Halifax, reflecting ...

Fans of the Gettys see their music as a needed antidote to shallow praise and worship in their churches. The lyrical density of the Gettys’ modern hymns is a signpost of depth, and many say that ...

Over the years, the church has come up with different tunes for its hymns. The same hymns are sung in different tunes by various Anglican churches, and now the church has decided to come up with ...

Harris was raised in the Black church and says she prays often with her pastor. But her religion is not a dominant part of ...