(RNS) The newly released National Congregations Study finds church choirs are on the downbeat in white Protestant churches across the theological spectrum. Choirs stand strong in black Protestant ...

This story begins with the mundane, the bureaucratic even: a local noise ordinance complaint. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif. recently received a notice from their city’s ...

A 125-member ensemble performed for more than 1,000 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, its largest crowd yet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwen Davis sings at Berean Baptist Church in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York, Thursday, July 31, 2025.

NEW ORLEANS — Normally this time of year, Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in eastern New Orleans would be bustling with singers, musicians, dancers and actors finalizing a concert, ...

The 21st century has seen the slow death of church choirs not only in The Bahamas but around the world. The once ten to 20-member groups that added to a worship experience have now been replaced by ...

"How Sweet The Sound" is a competition between America's best gospel choirs. On Monday, Los Angeles hosts a regional contest leading up to the national showdown. McCoy Memorial Baptist Church choir is ...

Singing in the Tabernacle Choir is a multi-generational tradition for Leslie Johnson. The Utah woman, who grew up in Rexburg, ...

As the Rev. Wendy Hamilton was leaving Union Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, she turned to see some commotion in the choir. “I looked up and said, ‘Is Andrew up there singing with them? I ...