Eskew, Harry & McElrath, Hugh - Naomi King Walker

00578 – Hymns Help Congregations Worship

Why should a church teach hymns? One basic reason is that hymns are a means of communicating the message of the church. Some hymns are paraphrases of Scripture and others are based on specific Scripture verses. Hymns also effectively convey the church’s theology....

00577 – Congregational Singing is Worship

by Eskew, Harry & McElrath, Hugh

It is sometimes forgotten that hymns are the offering of the entire congregation, not merely of the clergy and choir. In the worship of almost all Christian groups (even those with a pre-scribed liturgy) hymns are pre-eminently the part of corporate worship in which...