{"id":293695,"date":"2026-06-06T09:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianchronicle.org\/?p=293695"},"modified":"2026-06-07T10:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:17:25","slug":"evangelical-press-goes-a-cappella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianchronicle.org\/evangelical-press-goes-a-cappella\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelical press goes a cappella"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRANKLIN, TENN. \u2014<\/strong> I went to a journalism conference, and a church service broke out.<\/p>\n

Given that this particular conference was for the Evangelical Press Association<\/a>, that didn\u2019t surprise me. But an a cappella church service, sung from hand-held hymnals? That was not on my bingo card!<\/p>\n

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Three of us from The Christian Chronicle<\/em> attended this year\u2019s conference in the crowded Nashville suburb of Franklin, and I was the only one from our Oklahoma City office. I think that\u2019s a good indicator of how the Chronicle<\/em> has grown in recent years. Calvin Cockrell, our managing editor, drove up from his home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and our intern, Ephraim Rodenbach, came from nearby Murfreesboro, where he\u2019s a student at Middle Tennessee State University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Erik<\/a>

Erik Tryggestad takes a selfie with Christian music singer Jason Gray at the EPA convention.<\/p><\/div>\n

Being in Nashville, the conference had to start with music. Singer\/songwriter Jason Gray<\/a> played some of his latest work, including a great one about responding to today\u2019s culture of outrage called \u201cJesus Loves You (And I\u2019m Trying)<\/a>.\u201d He also did his hit \u201cRemind Me Who I Am<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

After dinner, we spent the evening with Keith and Kristyn Getty<\/a>, a songwriting couple from Northern Ireland who collaborated with Stuart Townend to give the world \u201cIn Christ Alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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