Hymn database sees spike in 2020 as Christians worship at home
‘In this time of uncertainty and fear, Christians around the globe turn to scripture and turn to song for comfort,’ according to the website Hymnary.org. Photo by Michael Maasen/Unsplash/Creative Commons
December 30, 2020
Many Christians also turned to hymns for comfort at home, according to Hymnary.org.
Users of the online database doubled as the novel coronavirus closed many church buildings this spring, and the website now is nearing 40 million page views for 2020, its highest ever.
“I do think that this time we’re in when everything is turned upside down makes everybody search for meaning, opens them up to the presence of God, looking for ways to express their spirituality, so there are more people searching for such things,” said Harry Plantinga, a professor of computer science at Calvin University and founder of Hymnary.org.