There's a myth circulating among Methodists in the United States. Many believe the denomination's founders, John and Charles Wesley, based their hymns on tavern tunes that were popular in 18th century ...

ALL ARE INVITED to the Pennington United Methodist Church Hymn Sing & Organ Recital, the second program in its 250th Anniversary Celebration series, on Sunday, April 21st at 3 p.m. From the beginning ...

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.

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 ...

(RNS/ENI) Fiji’s military government has banned a massive annual hymn-singing contest and church conference out of fears that the crowd of some 10,000 singing Methodists could destabilize the ...

The Tema Diocese of Methodist Church on Sunday launched the first Ewe version of Methodist Hymns for congregations in the Volta Region. The diocese covers part of Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta ...

Sara Hazen, Central United Methodist Church director of music, is leading a 10-week “Sing ‘Em All” gathering at the church this summer asking participants to sing all 650 hymns in the United Methodist ...

CONWAY — The public is invited to come sing and worship during a hymn festival at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, in the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church in Conway. The festival will be led by John ...

The inspiration for Margaret Thatcher’s controversial “enemy within” phrase may have been a hymn promoted by the founding fathers of Methodism, it has emerged. Chris Collins, a historian at the ...