For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...

Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

HOWARD LAKE, Minn — At St. John's Lutheran Church in Howard Lake, the 55-year-old organ led the parish in times of joy and hardship. Now it's the parishioners' turn to take care of it. “To build this ...

This past summer Ben Chambers was honored for 25 years of service as organist for Bowdon Baptist Church. At 48 years of age, that’s over half his life. Why he ...

Ella Jones, minister of music at First Baptist Church of Graymont, was 12 years old when her father, Pastor R.M. Joseph, asked her to play the organ during Sunday morning services. Seventy-five years ...

I visited Bethany Free Will Baptist Church’s 11 a.m. service Dec. 29. The church sits between the North Fox Hall and Sherwood neighborhoods on Azalea Garden Road. Sitting with Kathy and Mick Shaw, I ...

A handful of area churches are blessed to have pipe organs in their sanctuaries, but only First Baptist Church of Savannah on Chippewa Square has the oldest organ and the largest with more than 4,000 ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.