philosophy
The Red Mountain Hymn Collective builds on the hymn-writing and hymn-singing legacies Red Mountain Church, a PCA church in Birmingham, AL. We believe hymns are a middle path of worship style between “traditional” and “contemporary” bringing together the richness and depth of traditional hymns and the modern musical sensibilities of contemporary worship. Both ancient and authentic, these hymns stir our minds, hearts, and wills through a heritage of beautiful poetry, demonstrating a robust theology, and set in our own musical language.
Many of the hymn texts we sing are hundreds of years old and remind us of a faith that is bigger than ourselves, passed down through the centuries. We want to embrace that. While our worship should be grounded in our heritage as people of God, it should also reflect who we are now and must speak to our time. To that end, we create new hymn tunes that suit our own musical language.
We create new hymns for worship by setting old hymn texts to newly composed, modern tunes. We also make new, modern arrangements of traditional hymn tunes. Our hope is that over time the richness of the texts and the relevance of the music will work together to deepen our faith and experience of God’s grace to us in Jesus Christ.
