Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, who earlier prohibited specific hymns and composers, has now issued a new decree ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

The new additions include songs familiar with other Christian faiths such ... Faust and Jan Pinborough. A full list of the ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City has issued a decree prohibiting certain hymns due to theological error or their composition by persons credibly accused of abuse.

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.

“We’re seeking to add more and more hymns—it’s a more robust form ... They say singing from a hymnal shapes Christian spirituality in a deep and lasting way. When Randall Goodgame, the ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...

(OSV News photo/courtesy Diocese of Jefferson City) Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City issued a new decree Nov. 5 on ...

Jefferson City appears to be the first U.S. diocese to formally align its music practices with guidelines issued by the U.S.

More than five decades ago, the spiritual awakening known as the “Jesus Movement” swept through the U.S., bringing hippie ...