Mattingly: The day he became a Christian in 1970, guitarist Phil Keaggy went home seeking the perfect song to help him ...

Contemporary Christian music, born out of the 1960s counterculture and popularized by musicians Andrae Crouch, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Jars of Clay and David Phelps, has evolved into one of the ...

It’s like finding needles in a hymnstack. Studying the cultural history of contemporary worship music means I listen to a lot of albums. Arriving at the dissertation stage of my doctoral studies has ...

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(RNS) — A new study found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you. (RNS) — On Easter Sunday, the ...

With corporate consolidation in worship music, more entities are invested in the songs sung on Sunday mornings. How will their financial incentives shape the church? When worship leader Jonathan ...

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This post was updated Aug. 4 at 7:06 p.m. While the sound of gospel music has evolved, its spirit of heartfelt worship remains encapsulated within contemporary Christian music today. Many people may ...