Remember when the church choir was the highlight of Sunday service? Some of the greatest voices of our time, from Whitney Houston to Aretha Franklin, honed their gifts in these powerful sacred spaces.

As a child, Dave Zahn sneaked out at night to listen to music. But rather than sneaking into rock ‘n’ roll concerts, he and his friends went to the Rondo Street area of St. Paul to listen to what was ...

In many churches, they have. But the choral tradition is finding enthusiastic advocates elsewhere. Nathan Glasper Jr. directs Calvin University’s gospel choir, an ensemble that started as a club at ...