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The hymn book that has sold more than 2 million copies, is now the first hymn book to go online at Mission Praise.com.
Visitors to the site will be able to search through more than 1800 songs and - for an annual subscription of 40 pounds ($79) per book - download words, sheet music, accompanying audio backing tracks, not to mention creating playlists for their own orders of service which can be saved and shared with others online.
Mission Praise was first published in the early 1980s to coincide with a visit to Britain by the American evangelist Billy Graham in 1984. It was the first hymn book to combine traditional hymns with newer songs of praise.
“Mission Praise was the first hymnbook to combine traditional hymns with newer worship songs and now it is the first hymnbook to go online, making it as easy as possible for churches to use this great collection of old and new hymns.” according to publishers HarperCollins. [Via]

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