(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 ...

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When 50,000 Catholics recently gathered in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, one of the powerful voices leading the praise and worship music was Sarah Kroger, a 37-year-old Nashville ...

How the keeper of the beat is adapting to shifts in worship music. It was a church drummer’s worst nightmare. In the middle of a service, David Wagner was playing “Heaven Invade” with his worship band ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning worship collective Bethel Music will begin their 30-city world tour with a ...

The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025, a new single-year record up 9.6% from 2024, which held the ...

In a culture often marked by division and digital disconnection, music has long served as a common language—a powerful and timeless bridge that transcends generational and cultural lines. Few modern ...

So here it is—my go-to worship playlist for those heavy days when peace feels far away and you just need a lifeline. Let’s be honest - some days hit harder than others. Whether it’s heartbreak, ...

(RNS) — A new study found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you. (RNS) — On Easter Sunday, the ...