It’s an invitation to worship with no spoken word, just music. The Big Sing will welcome any interested singer to join in a choir of hymns on July 25. The free event is one of the first of its kind in ...

In 1983, Esther Burroughs penned some lyrics about keeping a Christian home and entered them in a Southern Baptist hymn-writing contest. Some time later, her husband, Bob — who had made a name for ...

“Lining out” is the practice of singing or stating the upcoming lines of a hymn for the congregation by a song leader or preacher. Typically, the words are stated quickly, and then sung in a drawn-out ...

It's about time for the Southern Baptist Convention to put out a new hymnal, and the move to update the songs has caused a little tension. A glut of new worship songs has led to sweeping changes in ...

The First Baptist Church of Bascom will have a four-part-harmony hymn sing on Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. The evening will feature selections from the hymnal with a maroon-colored cover that has been used by ...

A hardcover copy of Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings edited by Willa Ann Hadley Townsend. The hardcover clothbound book is green with orange-peach page edges, and gold leaf text and ...