Many LDS mission presidents allow missionaries musical access restricted to hymns of the church and primary children’s songs. Kurt Reeder served a mission in Brazil and returned home in 2006.

LDS Church released an update on the hymnbook-in-progress. After six years and thousands of submissions, the team tasked with the much-anticipated overhaul of the Latter-day Saint hymnbook ...

Officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced the upcoming release of "Hymns--for Home and Church."The consolidated collectio ...

The LDS Church's first collection of hymns was gathered by Emma Smith, the wife of Joseph Smith, who founded the LDS Church in the 1820s and 30s. This collection was published in 1835. The ...

The LDS Church is moving all such mission assignments to email, ending a tradition of mailed announcements. A popular Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymn starts with the line “Have ...

By Krista Tripodi Students are finding a better understanding of the gospel by studying the sacred hymns. Beginning last semester, the Department of Religious Education has offered a class for ...

The 1985 LDS hymnbook turned 30 years old this September. (Ari Davis) Every time BYU editing professor Marvin Gardner opens a green 1985 LDS hymnbook, he remembers the spiritual experiences he and ...

The current hymnal of the LDS church dates to 1985, when the church had under 6 million members, a majority of whom lived in the United States. Today, it has more than 16 million members, and ...

The Education in Zion Gallery at Brigham Young University will hold a Family Home Evening focused on the stories behind some popular hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Monday, ...

What would a first-rate LDS hymnal look like for the early 21 st century?. What hymns would need to go, and what would be added? So I started making a fantasy list of possible deletions and additions.