“They wanted to make sure that the songs have been theologically vetted from a Southern Baptist perspective.” Lifewayworship.com was originally envisioned as a digital SBC hymnal.

Harland said the summit participants during the coming months will go over each of the songs scheduled to be in the Baptist Hymnal, checking each song verse by verse to ensure its doctrine and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Jon Duncan, state music director of the Georgia Baptist Convention, led the theological review committee at the recent summit focusing on the 2008 Baptist Hymnal.

Not only are new hymnal releases rare — the last Southern Baptist hymnal was released in 1975 and the one before that, in 1956 — but the songs have a potential audience of 15 million Southern ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The Hannibal-LaGrange College Concert Choir will host "A Celebration and Review of Baptist Hymnal, 2008" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in Parker Theatre.

The massive sound of The Aristocrat of Bands, a highly respected HBCU marching band, and the overflowing history of gospel combine on a single album (with a great title) — 'The Urban Hymnal.' ...

Jim McAleer holds a large-print hymnal at the First Baptist Church, 112 N. Pierce Ave. in Yakima, Wash., which hosts a community hymn sing monthly. Joel Donofrio / Yakima Herald-Republic ...