The United Methodist Hymnal
Author | various |
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Country | USA |
Language | English |
Publisher | United Methodist Publishing House |
Publication date | 1989 |
Media type | hardcover |
Pages | 960[1] |
Preceded by | The Methodist Hymnal The Hymnal of the Evangelical United Brethren Church |
Followed by | The Faith We Sing |
The United Methodist Hymnal is the
History
Prior to the release of The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Church used the hymnals that were in use by The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church at the time of the merger. The Methodist Church generally used The Methodist Hymnal, also known as The Book of Hymns, or a 1982 supplement, while The Evangelical United Brethren Church had its own hymnal, The Hymnal, which was first published in 1957, and other congregations sometimes used special hymnals oriented to different nationalities.[2]
The release of United Methodist Hymnal in 1989 followed the updates of several other denominational hymnals in the previous decade, such as Lutheran Book of Worship in 1978 and the Episcopalian The Hymnal 1982.[3] The United Methodist Hymnal was developed by a revision committee composed of twenty-five members led by editor Carlton R. Young (who also edited The Methodist Hymnal), and chaired by Bishop Rueben P. Job. It was the first hymnal following The Methodist Church's merger with The Evangelical United Brethren Church.[2]
In selecting and arranging hymns, many that contained masculine pronouns were altered so as to include
The editors had also considered eliminating militaristic references, and in 1986 the hymnal revision was the subject of controversy as the editors had considered eliminating "
The hymnal also contains four forms of the
Before the hymnal's official release, The United Methodist Publishing House sent a 73-page sampler to several churches.[3] More than three million copies were sold by July 31, 1989,[1] and the total was over four-and-a-half million ten years later.[2] Two supplemental hymnals have been issued, The Faith We Sing in 2000, and Worship & Song in 2011.
There are two other equally official hymnals of The United Methodist Church: Mil Voces Para Celebrar: Himnario Metodista (published in 1996) and Come, Let Us Worship: The Korean-English United Methodist Hymnal (published in 2000).[4]
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References
- ^ a b "Hymnal winning acceptance". Deseret News. 1989-10-07. Retrieved 2009-06-10.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d Tanton, Tim (1999-05-25). "Ten years later, United Methodist Hymnal still sings". Worldwide Faith News. Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Goldman, Ari L. (1989-06-20). "New Methodist Hymnal Is Shorn of Stereotypes". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2008, ¶1114.3