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Congregational singing at a church in La Matanza, Argentina, 1972. Congregational singing is the practice of the congregation participating in the music of a church, either in the form of hymns or a metrical Psalms or a free form Psalm or in the form of the office of the liturgy (for example Gregorian chants). [1]
During the first two or three centuries, Christian communities incorporated into their observances features of Greek music and the music of other cultures bordering on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. [4] As the early Church spread from Jerusalem to Asia Minor, North Africa, and Europe, it absorbed other musical influences.
Services for Congregational Worship, American Unitarian Association (1898) Praise and Thanks A Hymn Book for the Young People's Christian Union of the Universalist Church, Unitarian Publishing House (1903) [642] The Unitarian Faith Set Forth in Fifty Unitarian Hymns, American Unitarian Association (1914)
Covenant Worship is an American Christian music worship band from Dallas. The group formed at Covenant Church, an interdenominational congregation, while the church was established by pastors Mike and Kathy Hayes in 1976. The group released, Heaven on Earth in 2009 and Never Going Back in 2010 independently.
The hymns could by sung unaccompanied, but organs and choir supported congregational singing where such resources were available. [19] Organ music would play a large role in Lutheran music later on. Luther said that music ought to be “accorded the greatest honour and a place next to theology” due to its great importance. [20]
Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the 20th century. It was originally confined to the charismatic movement, but is now found in a wide range of churches, including many which do not subscribe to a charismatic theology.
It is usually run by a pastor and contains two main parts, the praise (Christian music) and the sermon, with periodically the Lord's Supper. [25] [26] During worship there is usually a nursery for babies. [27] Children and young people receive an adapted education, Sunday school, often before the service of worship. [28] Pentecostal and ...
City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise (released in 2000) is the first in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian Music musicians. It received the Gospel Music Association's Special Event Album of the Year award for 2001. [5]