Music

NASHVILLE (BP) – It’s not an overstatement to say the addition of micro-conferences to the SBC Pastors’ Conference in Orlando may have fundamentally shaped the way church leaders see the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting itself.

NASHVILLE – Christian music has always been woven into Amanda Patterson’s life. Raised in a Kentucky Baptist family filled with music, she grew up surrounded by song as her father served for years as a worship pastor while her mother and four siblings all shared the same passion.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – Scott Connell and other organizers of the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference felt that 2026 could bring around 500 attendees to the annual event. That was big dreaming, considering that three years ago it was canceled due to lack of interest. The conference came back in 2024 with 200 participants. Last year, 250 showed up.

WASHINGTON (BP) -- Nearly every U.S. adult can access religious radio broadcasts from home, Pew Research Center said March 26, and almost half tune in, mostly for music.

DENVER (BP) – “The First Hymn,” showcasing Chris Tomlin’s and Ben Fielding’s contemporary rendering of the oldest known Christian hymn enjoys a wide release in U.S. theaters March 24 and 26.

NASHVILLE (BP) – When Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman got married 40-plus years ago, they knew they were opposites in many ways. After all, that was what had attracted them to each other in the first place. “You fall in love with something you are not,” Mary Beth says.

Baptists are known as singing people. I am a product of the Black Baptist church tradition.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Worship and the Church micro conference Jan. 30 welcomed more than 200 pastors, worship leaders, church musicians and ministry teams for a day focused on strengthening worship in the life of the local church grounded in Scripture, ending with a concert by Christian artists Shane & Shane attended by 1,400.

DALLAS, Texas – With his new EP “For Your Glory” releasing Feb. 13, Trip Lee is taking a departure from his previous hip-hop albums and going back to his early days reflecting on the heart of worship.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – Four years ago, the Baptist Church Music Conference had about 80 attendees. It seemed like no one knew it existed. It felt like it was dying.