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 ...

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 ...

Part-sermon, part-rock gig, a new breed of church service is spreading God’s word – and boosting record sales. The cool kids walking into the venue look like they’ve stepped off the streets of ...

Let's pause to consider the value of Byzantine art and how its music and iconography have such great spiritual significance. Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and ...

Matt Redman doesn't want a worship song to leave people just sitting in the pew nodding along — he wants it to get them ...

HOUSE OF WORSHIP, a cinematic event centered on songs that have shaped modern worship music, is set to open in more than 400 theaters nationwide beginning August 23. The film will be distributed ...

Just as contemporary Christian music has been critical in disseminating conservative Christian ideals, Nashville is a key exporter of contemporary Christian music. The story of contemporary Christian ...

In 1966, The Beach Boys released "God Only Knows." The song became a hit, and a classic. More than 50 years later, the duo For King and Country used that old title for a new song (with some help from ...

Contrary to what has previously and erroneously published on this website, there is such a thing as a single best track on Amy Grant’s 1992 album Home for Christmas. The answer is “Breath of Heaven” ...

A bombshell new documentary is pulling back the curtain on the squeaky-clean image of the contemporary Christian music world — and the stories coming out of it are anything but wholesome. “Safe for ...