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I have always drawn strength from old Southern gospel hymns. I was reared in the stone house that once belonged to my grandparents, and it stood beside that little country chapel my mama so loved. If ...

A Birmingham church held a hymnfest Sunday with at least 20 hymns chosen based on their broad appeal throughout the South. Renowned organist John Schwandt of Oklahoma played at 2:30 p.m. at East Lake ...

Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...

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Joey + Rory's Hymns That Are Important to Us project was so important to them that they recorded it despite Joey Feek's battle with Stage 4 cancer. The album consists primarily of classic gospel hymns ...

Elisha A. Hoffman was an American Presbyterian minister and a famous hymn writer, born in 1839 in Pennsylvania. He grew up in a musical family, singing hymns at home and in church, which inspired his ...

WEST FARGO - Jack Fuller grew up in a musical family and loves music. But, the West Fargoan didn't start playing a musical instrument until 2009. He was 68 years old. Fuller began to take private ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

Looking back at the painful and difficult history of being Black in America, religion has always been an important cultural and spiritual backbone — constantly sustaining and replenishing the ...