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 ...

“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 ...

I visited Bethany Free Will Baptist Church’s 11 a.m. service Dec. 29. The church sits between the North Fox Hall and Sherwood neighborhoods on Azalea Garden Road. Sitting with Kathy and Mick Shaw, I ...

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 ...

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 ...