We asked our panel of distinguished faith leaders of the region the following question: Should worship music be contemporary, traditional or both? Here is what they have to say. Stephen R. Karcher ...

Enjoy the lyrics of Alabaster Jar by Gateway Worship, a song of deep worship and praise that calls believers to offer their ...

Contemporary worship music, as a distinct genre, has come into its own over the last 50 years. Monique M. Ingalls, assistant professor of music at Baylor University, studies this phenomenon as an ...

So, when I hear someone say, “Contemporary worship music all sounds the same,” I think of my music history students and wonder if that person simply doesn’t like the music very much.

The contemporary music is not, for the most part, written as well as a 300-year-old Bach chorale. ... I actually enjoy both contemporary and traditional music during my church's worship service.

In recent years, pop culture has mercurially descended into projecting and promoting darker Luciferian imagery in films, television, streaming programs, music, fashion, and overall lifestyle. At ...

The School of Music’s upcoming “Lectures in Musicology” event will aim to strike a chord with students Monday evening. In this installment of the weekly series, Dylan Crosson — a PhD ...

The church, which features a contemporary worship team and has grown 61 percent to 10,000 members in just one year, is where 2009 American Idol winner Kris Allen served as an assistant worship leader.

Modern praise and worship music “has better rhythm and a better beat,” said Dawn Cook, a member of Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Wichita. “I’m in my 20s, and that’s what I need.

Music is a deeply important part of human expression, especially in worship. Every day, people are writing new music to express what they know and feel and wonder and need. All of it is valid.