Thom Rainer of Lifeway recently had a blog post listing the top 25 hymns sung in churches.
They are:
- How Great Thou Art
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine
- All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- Jesus Paid It All
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
- Crown Him with Many Crowns
- It Is Well with My Soul
- To God Be the Glory
- The Solid Rock
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- I Stand Amazed in the Presence
- Victory in Jesus
- Nothing but the Blood
- Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound
- Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
- At the Cross
- Revive Us Again
- Be Thou My Vision
- Because He Lives
- Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
- A Mighty Fortress is Our God
- For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
- America, the Beautiful
Of the top ten, we have sung all of them at our church except for “Blessed Assurance” and “To God be the Glory.”I would argue that there are many on this list that are gospel songs rather than hymns and I think there’s a definite Southern Baptist bent to the list (“Victory in Jesus”).
My favorites from this list are “Be Thou My Vision” and “Come Thou Fount” which land at #12 and #20. Not on this list that I think should be: “All Creatures of Our God and King.”
What’s your favorite hymn? Are any of your favorites not included on this list?
pianosharon 
Sharon,
The list should include I know whom I have Believed by Whittle. It will be sung at my funeral if the Rapture does not come first.
Keith
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Keith, I haven’t heard that one in years! Love it!
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