music

Hi all! It seems the forum has been quiet about the old music issue. When I first joined 21 years ago, it had it's own subforum, and that was where I started, going against long time members such as Aaron and later, DHK (is he even still around?) who took an anti-contemporary stand. I was going...

Hello everyone, my name is Sean McMahon. I am pastor of the Community Baptist Church of Gay Head in Aquinnah, North America's longest-standing Native American-founded church. We are a small church in a small town of 350 on the western "up island" part of Martha's Vineyard. I am also a...

Hey all, As a professional-level composer with Baptist doctrine, I wanted to share some lost but powerful perspectives on Biblical music and church tradition, and the ripple effect they've created throughout history, often not fully known or clarified among many Baptist churches of our day...

South Valley Baptist Church, in need of a minister of music. Trained with a degree in music needed, church of 200+ without trained music man. Call if you have any questions, growing community, growing church, blended music, Bible preaching conservative church. Come be a part of growth. Call...

Hey everyone! I was reading through 2 Samuel 6 tonight and had some interesting thoughts I'd like to share and get your feedback on. In our church like many the debate of contemporary versus traditional style of music continues on. It is almost drawn down generational lines, almost, and most...

On her blog, Geri Walton posted Nine Singing Rules for 18th Century Singers. The rules come from the 18th century London song book The Convivial Songster (1782). I post this with no endorsement of the rules and with the disclaimer that these are not intended to be biblically based rules. But for...

“The people in the pews have become spectators enjoying a show rather than worshipers entering into the spiritual activity of praising God and admonishing brethren.” – Ken Green in “Balancing Faith and Tradition: Congregational Singing” (In Biblical Insights, June 2004; not available online as...

Love the Getty's performance and melody of "Before the Throne of God Above". I thought how wonderful to have a "new" hymn with such spiritual depth. Then found it was written by Charitie Lees Bancroft in Ireland in 1863 and included in Bishop Ryle's Spiritual Songs and in Spurgeon's Our Own...