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A Methodist pastor quoted part of John Wesley’s “Directions for Singing” at a service a couple of weeks ago. Along with a whole library of sermons and other Christian writing, the English founder of ...

The Bristol home of Methodist Charles Wesley is due to reopen to the public later for the first time in a year. Wesley, who died in 1788, was a prolific hymn writer whose 6,000 plus compositions ...

It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...

Recently, one of Christ First United Methodist Church’s Sunday school members wrote and sang her own hymn for the church. Hayley Mason, 7 and a second-grader at Bemus Point Elementary, decided to turn ...

The Chairman, Lagos Chapter Council of Knights, Methodist Church, Temitope Tychus, has called for the use of psalms and hymnal worship in church, saying that is transformational and inspirational.