| The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada | |
| Predecessor: | The Hymn Society of America |
| Tax Id: | 13-5564941 |
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| Purpose: | To encourage, promote, and enliven congregational singing |
| Headquarters: | Washington, DC |
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| Leader Title: | Executive Director |
| Leader Name: | J. Michael McMahon, DMin |
| Leader Title2: | President of the Board |
| Leader Name2: | Hilary Seraph Donaldson, PhD |
| Leader Title3: | President-Elect |
| Leader Name3: | Charles D. Frost |
| Leader Title4: | Immediate Past President |
| Leader Name4: | Benjamin Brody, DMA |
| Revenue: | $652,831 |
| Revenue Year: | 2016 |
| Expenses: | $384,659 |
| Expenses Year: | 2016 |
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada – founded in 1922[1] as The Hymn Society of America and renamed in 1991[2] – is a not-for-profit organization for those people who:
Members of The Hymn Society include clergy and worship leaders, church musicians, poets, composers, scholars, libraries and congregational singers of varied backgrounds and interests.[3] Members of all denominations, races and cultures participate in the annual conferences and workshops sponsored by The Hymn Society. The Society produces a quarterly publication, The Hymn, a journal of research and opinion, containing practical and scholarly articles and reflecting the diverse cultural and theological identities of the organization's membership.[4] In 1984 it published, on microfilm, the Dictionary of American Hymnody (edited by Leonard Ellinwood and Elizabeth Lockwood), an index to the texts of more than 8000 North American hymnals.[5]
The Center for Congregational Song (CCS) is the resource and programmatic arm of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.[6] Run by The Hymn Society and funded by Society members and donors, it works to fulfill The Hymn Society's mission to "encourage, promote, and enliven congregational singing". The current Director of the CCS is Brian Hehn.[7]