Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...

HOWARD LAKE, Minn — At St. John's Lutheran Church in Howard Lake, the 55-year-old organ led the parish in times of joy and hardship. Now it's the parishioners' turn to take care of it. “To build this ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Twelve area musicians and speakers will be featured at the Hymn Festival from 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Ball streets. A feature of the ...

One of the organs to be featured in the 2019 Organ Historical Society Convention in Dallas, the 1977 Robert L. Sipe organ in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church at Harwood and Wood in ...

The next stop on the 2025-26 Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour will be Sunday, Nov. 16, at Journey of Hope United Methodist Church ...

As people of Jewish faith observe Passover this week on Zoom, for Christians it is Holy Week, ending with Easter Sunday. Music is at the core of many religious rituals. Because of the COVID-19 ...

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"The music is really strong in the African American church and so when we sing our hymns, our anthems, our spirituals, it sets us on another level," said Wayne Singleton, the minister of music.

PATTERSON CREEK, W.Va. — Leitersburg resident Wally McClure got his start playing church music at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Patterson Creek in the mid- to late 1960s under the auspices of ...

SAN JOSE (KPIX) -- A San Jose church is breathing new life into a century-old silent movie theater pipe organ, even as the instrument aids an effort to rebuild the church and keep serving the ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.