The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

Rev. Carolyn Gillette, of Pike Creek, has had her second book of hymns, “Songs of Grace,” published by Upper Room's Discipleship Resources earlier this summer. Gillette, co-pastor of Limestone ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The word "hymn" usually doesn't lead to thoughts of "modern," but modern hymnwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty are trying to change that. That doesn't mean they want churches to ...

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 ...

I play my own versions," she said. Schaefer, 83 years old, is lead pianist for Trinity Baptist Church on Vista and has been for more than 20 years. On the baby grand piano in Trinity's vast, ...

'Amazing Grace' as it appears in Ginny Hawker's family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...

It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...