The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 13 new Hymns

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has begun a gradual launch of the brand new world hymnbook, releasing 13 new songs Thursday.

Two of those new hymns had been carried out Thursday afternoon on the Salt Lake Tabernacle.

In 2018, the Church introduced this revision to “better unify members of the global church in their worship.”

The brand new hymnbook, “Hymns — For Home and Church,” contains songs submitted by members world wide. The Church stated it obtained 17,000 submissions.

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“This is a worldwide Church, a Church 17 million strong,” Elder Morrison, a local of Ghana, stated in a launch from the Church. “This is one of the ways to bring all of us together, having the same hymn book with the same page numbers with the same songs. It is just a blessing that we sing together to glorify God and to draw us closer to the Savior Jesus Christ.”

13 new hymns now obtainable

“I wrote this hymn for me,” Annette Dickman, composer and author of “Bread of Life, Living Water,” stated in a launch from the Church. “I had been studying and pondering a lot about the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and particularly how it related to me personally. I wanted to develop a closer relationship with Him.”

Dickman’s tune will likely be used as a sacrament hymn, serving as a reminder of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

The place to search out the most recent additions

These new additions might be accessed digitally via the Sacred Music and Gospel Library apps, and on the web Church Music Library.

Small batches of the brand new hymns will proceed to be launched till it’s anticipated completion in English in 2026, then will likely be obtainable in 50 languages by the tip of 2030. The gathering is anticipated to succeed in 450 to 500 hymns in whole and embrace language-specific hymns on-line.