John Rippon was a renowned English hymn writer and singer, best known for his contributions to Christian music in the 18th century. His collection, Rippon’s Hymns, became widely popular, particularly ...

Phil Wickham is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, and worship leader from San Diego, California. Born into a musical family, he began leading worship at a young age and released ...

‘How Great Thou Art’ is a Christian hymn which started life as a poem set to a Swedish melody. The poem, ‘O Store Gud’ (O Great God), was written by the Swedish poet and lay minister, Carl Boberg, in ...

Hymns mean so much to so many people and if you have a favourite BBC Songs of Praise would like to know. Choose your all-time number one from the 100 hymns and worship songs that have been most ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

(RNS) — In the 1890s, a pair of British archaeologists began digging in an ancient rubbish heap at the edge of the ruins of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, looking for a glimpse into the city’s past. They’d ...