Traditional! There's absolutely no contest there. The contemporary music is not, for the most part, written as well as a 300-year-old Bach chorale. The words often are self-centered and lack depth.

The Rev. Virginia Lohmann Bauman equates the church to a "delivery system" for the Gospel. She knows that sometimes that system must adapt to reach people, especially when it comes to worship music.

Kevin Mills grew up at Vineville Baptist Church in Macon. He attended the traditional worship services with his family and friends. Folks dressed in their “Sunday best,” sat in the pews and admired ...

Rock Church Music Ministry, a choir of 70 voices, will present an Easter cantata composed of new and traditional worship music on Palm Sunday and Good Friday. The program celebrates the Easter message ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - On a recent Wednesday evening, the band began to play. Dean Brusnighan sat at a table in the back of the room at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in West Lafayette. At times ...

Christmas has an island vibe at First United Methodist Church Missouri City this year — thanks to a band of carolers strumming ukuleles. The classics, like “Away in a Manger,” “What Child Is This?” ...