This post was updated Aug. 4 at 7:06 p.m. While the sound of gospel music has evolved, its spirit of heartfelt worship remains encapsulated within contemporary Christian music today. Many people may ...

Every Black Christian worshiper has heard this phrase at one time or another: “Oh, you can do better than that.” It’s often said in reference to the vim and vigor of the phrases of praise offered by ...

How the Great Migration changed music in the black church forever. In the 1920s, Chicago’s first African American congregations were at a crossroads. After decades of investment, the churches and ...

Every Sunday afternoon, members of USC’s gospel choir gather to carry on a rich, 20-year history. They invite God into the Fishbowl Chapel in the University Religious Center. They discuss roses and ...

Praise and worship with a contemporary edge comes to the city of Miramar on February 27 with the third Praise On The Green ...

The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant. Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer whose music reshaped modern worship, has died at the age of 77. For ...

American gospel singer Ron Kenoly was remembered in a service in celebration of his life on Friday, February 20, 2026 at ...

Ron Kenoly, a pioneering Christian worship leader whose anthems helped shape modern praise music and whose ministry emphasized worship as service rather than performance, has died. He was 81. Kenoly’s ...

"We're blown away by what God has done with 'Praise,'" Brown tells Billboard By Jim Asker Elevation Worship’s “Praise” — featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore — rises to No. 1 in its ...

Plus, VaShawn Mitchell's "See the Goodness," featuring Donnie McClurkin, tops Gospel Airplay. By Jim Asker Elevation Worship’s “Praise,” featuring Brandon Lake, Chris Brown and Chandler Moore, ascends ...