Mission Praise
Encyclopedia
Mission Praise is a hymn
book used in a wide variety of churches, especially in Britain, including the Church of Scotland
and the Church of England
. The 2009 edition contains 1250 hymns and songs.
It originated as Mission England Praise, prepared for Billy Graham
's 1984 Mission England campaign. In its "words only" form, it was a thin booklet of 282 pieces, with a wide mixture of hymns and worship songs. Some conservative Christians saw it as a way of bringing what they perceived as charismatic chorus
es into mainstream church worship.
Mission Praise has been through a number of editions. The second booklet (Mission Praise 2), came out in 1987, and contained songs 283 to 647.
The various editions have owed much to The Jubilate Group
for their copyright
controlled hymnody.
A new edition Mission Praise Combined was released in 1993; featuring an extra two hundred songs; expanding the collection from 647 to 798 items and renumbering and reindexing all items in approximate alphabetical order.
In 1999, Complete Mission Praise was published, increasing the number of hymns to 1021.
The 2005 edition, produced under the Collins
imprint, adds a further 123 songs from the last few years.
Complete Mission Praise: 25th Anniversary Edition was published in 2009 and added another 106 new songs resulting in 1250 overall.
The editions subsequent to 1993 maintain the numeric sequence of the songs in the previous editions, resulting in several separate alphabetical sequences of songs in the latest edition.
In January 2008, Mission Praise became the first major hymnbook to be available online. The new website enables subscribers to access words, sheet music and MIDI files of the songs in Mission Praise and its sister products Carol Praise and Junior Praise.
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
book used in a wide variety of churches, especially in Britain, including the Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
and the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. The 2009 edition contains 1250 hymns and songs.
It originated as Mission England Praise, prepared for Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
's 1984 Mission England campaign. In its "words only" form, it was a thin booklet of 282 pieces, with a wide mixture of hymns and worship songs. Some conservative Christians saw it as a way of bringing what they perceived as charismatic chorus
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
es into mainstream church worship.
Mission Praise has been through a number of editions. The second booklet (Mission Praise 2), came out in 1987, and contained songs 283 to 647.
The various editions have owed much to The Jubilate Group
Jubilate Group
Jubilate Group is a Christian publishing house, which administers copyright for more than sixty composers and writers. The group was founded by Michael Baughen in the 1960s....
for their copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
controlled hymnody.
A new edition Mission Praise Combined was released in 1993; featuring an extra two hundred songs; expanding the collection from 647 to 798 items and renumbering and reindexing all items in approximate alphabetical order.
In 1999, Complete Mission Praise was published, increasing the number of hymns to 1021.
The 2005 edition, produced under the Collins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
imprint, adds a further 123 songs from the last few years.
Complete Mission Praise: 25th Anniversary Edition was published in 2009 and added another 106 new songs resulting in 1250 overall.
The editions subsequent to 1993 maintain the numeric sequence of the songs in the previous editions, resulting in several separate alphabetical sequences of songs in the latest edition.
In January 2008, Mission Praise became the first major hymnbook to be available online. The new website enables subscribers to access words, sheet music and MIDI files of the songs in Mission Praise and its sister products Carol Praise and Junior Praise.
External links
- Mission Praise Online - official website
- Publisher's Details of "Complete Mission Praise" Music Edition
- Publisher's Details of "Complete Mission Praise" Words only Edition
- Publisher's Details of "Complete Mission Praise 25th Anniversary" Music Edition
- Publisher's Details of "Complete Mission Praise 25th Anniversary" Words only Edition
- Editions of "Complete Mission Praise"
- Jubilate Group web-site