According to the news release, the national anthem is not to be included in the hymn books. The LDS Church's first collection of hymns was gathered by Emma Smith, the wife of Joseph Smith, who ...

More than 400 hymns and children's songs will be included in a new combined book to be released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2026.

As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prepares for its general conference this weekend, it announced it will be releasing 12 hymns next month as it prepares a new hymnbook.

Singing in church requires the congregation to be resourced to join in. Hymn books, hymn sheets, full service orders, and large screens and projectors all have their place, although rarely in the same ...

The 74-year-old avid musician from San Marcos has helped bring to life hundreds of church songs, which are now in hymn books across the world.

Kristyn Getty said she often thumbs through the indexes of those hymn books while she's working on new lyrics and looking for ideas. The daughter of a pastor, she grew up singing hymns in church.

Randall Sensmeier, organist/musician at San Marcos Lutheran Church, was awarded the highest honor granted by the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.