Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing ... and simplicity of hymns like "Blessed Assurance" convey far more in their lyrics and traditional ...

Amazing Grace, peformed by The Gospel Choir of the Year finalists, backstage at Town Hall Birmingham Duration: 02:54 Battle Hymn Of The Republic performed by Hope Community Gospel Choir ...

“Blessed Assurance Jesus is mine.” The hymn appeared in print later that year, copyright date of 1873. “Onward Christian Soldiers,” lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, music by Arthur ...

One of the more memorable parts of the Kennedy Center Honors last December was watching a gospel singer and children’s choir serenade actress Cicely Tyson with the hymn “Blessed Assurance.” ...