President Obama sings “Amazing Grace” during services honoring the life of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, at the College of Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015.

The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, ... Nine people were murdered during Bible study at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in ...

I’m headed to camp for the week. The excitement is mixed with the chore of packing and trying not to forget anything.

“Amazing grace,” intoned the eulogist, and repeated it. He began to sing: “how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me,” and the congregation, a bit startled, joined in, as the ...

On Sunday, Dec. 10, the adult choir of Northwest Bible Baptist Church will perform the Christmas cantata "Amazing Grace." Accompanied by 10 specially arranged choral selections, this dramatic ...

Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption, steeped in two centuries of black history, but its writer had also been a slave ship captain. There is no shortage of versions of Amazing ...

He penned the famous words of "Amazing Grace" for a sermon for his 1773 New Year's service at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. But the tune wouldn't be written for another half-century.