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For an entire generation of worshippers, the songs of Brian Doerksen were the soundtrack of the modern worship movement. From the reverence of "Refiner's Fire" to the global anthem "Come Now Is the T...

Author, songwriter, professor, and former CCM Rock News Editor and regular feature writer John J Thompson will release his first new single in several years this week when “Sweet Marianne” comes out on Frid...

They were the soundtrack to youth groups, summer camps, late-night sporadic worship services in your friends first apartment, and countless church stages. Songs like "King," "Treasure," "Look What You've Done,"...

By the mid-1980s, Contemporary Christian Music was changing. The pioneering Jesus Music movement had matured. Arena rock was arriving through bands like Petra and DeGarmo & Key. Artists like Steve Taylors ...

Today we join the Christian music community in mourning the passing of Bob Farrell, one-half of the groundbreaking duo Farrell & Farrell and a songwriter, producer, and creative visionary whose influence ...

Long before Christian music became an industry, before arena tours, streaming playlists, worship charts, and before our magazine coined the term "CCM" itself, there was LoveSong. A Band Called LoveSong: The Mu...

As any good storyteller may tell you, some great stories exist because everything around you is falling apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEEEBxoqlag   For Jason and Rhonda Halbert, ...

The New Vertical Series Where Christian Artists Have Exactly One Floor to Convince Amanda Sekulow of Their Hot Takes! There are plenty of interview shows where artists discuss faith, creativity, tourin...

Somewhere deep in a church gym storage closet, there’s probably an old VHS tape labeled “Rap, Rock & Soul.” Honestly, that’s the best way to describe today’s announcement. So load up the church va...

“Through writing this book, it became so clear to me that God is with us in every moment, and that when we turn our hearts toward Him, even the ordinary parts of life can become acts of worship. My hope is ...