{"id":615,"date":"2012-11-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomrainer.wpengine.com2012\/11\/05\/top_25_hymns_sung_in_churches\/"},"modified":"2020-02-07T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:50:35","slug":"top_25_hymns_sung_in_churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/top_25_hymns_sung_in_churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 25 Hymns Sung in Churches"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a previous post<\/a>, I noted the top songs sung in churches. I got the information from CCLI, but CCLI does not track songs in the public domain. As a consequence, my list missed many of the great hymns of the church.<\/p>\n

I am grateful for the work of LifeWayWorship.com<\/a>. They were able to provide me a ranking of sales of the top 25 hymns sung in the church. The period covered contains cumulative sales for the past four years.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. How Great Thou Art<\/li>\n
  2. Great Is Thy Faithfulness<\/li>\n
  3. Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine<\/li>\n
  4. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name<\/li>\n
  5. Holy, Holy, Holy<\/li>\n
  6. Jesus Paid It All<\/li>\n
  7. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today<\/li>\n
  8. Crown Him with Many Crowns<\/li>\n
  9. It Is Well with My Soul<\/li>\n
  10. To God Be the Glory<\/li>\n
  11. The Solid Rock<\/li>\n
  12. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing<\/li>\n
  13. I Stand Amazed in the Presence<\/li>\n
  14. Victory in Jesus<\/li>\n
  15. Nothing but the Blood<\/li>\n
  16. Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound<\/li>\n
  17. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty<\/li>\n
  18. At the Cross<\/li>\n
  19. Revive Us Again<\/li>\n
  20. Be Thou My Vision<\/li>\n
  21. Because He Lives<\/li>\n
  22. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee<\/li>\n
  23. A Mighty Fortress is Our God<\/li>\n
  24. For A Thousand Tongues To Sing<\/li>\n
  25. America, the Beautiful<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cHow Great Thou Art\u201d and \u201cGreat Is Thy Faithfulness\u201d are still under copyright, so CCLI tracks them and they rank #26 and #53 respectively on their list of all songs sung in church.<\/p>\n

    To create this list, we combined the sales from a traditional arrangement and a contemporary arrangement for each hymn. I encourage you to visit LifeWayWorship.com<\/a>. It\u2019s a great resource for all churches.<\/p>\n

    So what do you think of this list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a previous post, I noted the top songs sung in churches. I got the information from CCLI, but CCLI does not track songs in the public domain. As a consequence, my list missed many of the great hymns of the church. I am grateful for the work of LifeWayWorship.com. 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