A few years ago, I came across a book called Worship Across the Racial Divide. Its chapter titles were arresting: “African Americans as the Icon of ‘True Worship,’” “The Naïve Experience of Worship in ...

(RNS) — The most popular worship song in churches these days is “Build My Life,” from Bethel Music, the megachurch-based worship music hit machine based in Northern California. Sitting at number one ...

As Christian artists embrace a wider variety of sounds and market songs savvily on social media, they are rapidly widening ...

A study finds an increasingly rapid turnover time for church music. Churches across the US and Canada sang, “Refiner’s fire / my heart’s one desire / is to be holy” for a full decade after Vineyard ...

But the Easter special was a reminder of how the church influences mainstream music. At the time, American Idol was in its eighth season, and it was the singular singing competition in the burgeoning ...

Nowhere was music more essential than in church. The hymns people sang on Sunday mornings warned them of God’s eternal judgment, but also offered the promise of salvation—even to the sinners who had ...

Get ready, Church Choir: A brand-new Eric Church single has arrived. "Stick That in Your Country Song" dropped on Thursday (June 25). A press release announcing the single described "Stick That in ...

Today is the 10th anniversary of his 5th studio album, Mr. Misunderstood. The album came as a surprise, first showing up in the mailboxes of his fan club members before officially being released the ...

Eric Church hasn't written a new song since the COVID-19 pandemic began over a year ago; in fact, he hasn't written one since his sessions for Heart & Soul, he shares in a newly published interview.

Fans on social media were clamoring over Eric Church’s performance at the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, with many agreeing the display was one of the best of the evening. The singer-songwriter ...