Complaints about the emerging genre may have to do with the discomfort with monoculture surrounding it. The first time I taught Music History I, a student came to my office worried about an upcoming ...

On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, Calif., opened the service with “This Is Amazing Grace,” a 2012 hit that has remained one of the most popular worship songs of ...

(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 ...

(RNS) — A new study looked at how worship leaders pick music for services — at a time when a handful of megachurches dominate the market. (RNS) — For the past decade, a handful of megachurches have ...

Not the kind that guilt-trips you into sainthood, but the kind that wraps around your soul like a warm blanket and whispers, "You’ll get through this." So here it is—my go-to worship playlist for ...

Gen X and millennials’ favorite Christian throwbacks are also easy moneymakers. In April of this year, worship leader Krista Treadway planned a “throwback” worship service with nostalgic favorites ...