The annual conference, headed by hymn writing duo Keith and Kristyn Getty, shares a common love and culture of sacred music.
The annual Sing! Global conference, held Sept. 4-6, drew some 8,500 Christian worship music leaders and other church musicians, pastors, vendors and hymn composers from as many as 35 countries.
Houston was charged with concealing his late father, Frank Houston's, sexual abuse of a young man.
An Australian court found Brian Houston, co-founder and former head pastor of the Hillsong megachurch and media empire, not guilty for concealing his father’s sexual abuse and not reporting it to the police.
Church Music Is About More Than Style
When your church sings a song in its Sunday service, it’s an act of worship. But for most churches it is also an act of commerce. Someone is getting paid, probably lots of someones. Let me ...
A new study looked at how worship leaders pick music for services — at a time when a handful of megachurches dominate the market.
Though churches like Australia-based Hillsong and Bethel Church in California have met with scandal and controversy, worship leaders still keep singing their songs, a new study found.
Worship professor Will Bishop said that focusing on the most popular worship songs can miss what churches are actually singing
Step into a big Baptist church on Sunday morning and chances are you’ll hear the same popular worship songs played at other big churches around the country.
I found myself both frustrated and mesmerized by the new Amazon Prime documentary “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.”
The Secrets of Hillsong' premiered the first two episodes May 19. The final two will air May 26.
For the Hillsong lovers, Hillsong haters and those who love to hate Hillsong, the latest documentary treatment of the global megachurch’s descent into scandal is here.
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He’s appealing a second charge of driving with a high blood alcohol content
Hillsong Church co-founder Brian Houston has been sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.
New study finds most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches
A new study found that Bethel and a handful of other megachurches have cornered the market on worship music in recent years, churning out hit after hit and dominating the worship charts.
