The Root on MSN

Legendary black church choirs you need to know

This Black Music Month, we’re honoring the Black church choirs whose voices have helped define gospel music for generations.
The Root on MSN

What happened to the Black church choirs? The answer: Praise teams

Black church choirs are dwindling as praise teams rise across many congregations, a shift shaped by COVID-19, changing church ...
The Christian Century

Many church choirs are ending. Here’s why

(RNS) The newly released National Congregations Study finds church choirs are on the downbeat in white Protestant churches across the theological spectrum. Choirs stand strong in black Protestant ...
The American Conservative

Church Bells and Gospel Choirs Under Gentrification

This story begins with the mundane, the bureaucratic even: a local noise ordinance complaint. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Oakland, Calif. recently received a notice from their city’s ...
AOL

Brooklyn’s Black church choirs persist amid attendance decline, gentrification

Gwen Davis sings at Berean Baptist Church in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (Fiona Murphy/Religion News Service via AP) NEW YORK (RNS) — On Sunday ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Church choirs resuming practices as covid is on the decline

Two years after covid-19 silenced them, church choirs across the country are eagerly breaking into song once again. That's the case in Salt Lake City, where the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is ...

Baltimore choir performance will highlight tragic, but important part of LGBTQ+ history

Baltimore's Emmanuel Episcopal Church is having a special performance this weekend to celebrate Pride Month. The church's ...
Newsday

Joyful noise: Long Island's church choirs

What's the holiday season without music, joy and harmony? This weekend is prime time for church choirs across Long Island, whose members will raise their voices for spiritual Christmas concerts. While ...