Great Gospel Songs Your Kids Will Love

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What are some of the greatest gospel songs for kids? From ultra-traditional to modern, this list includes some excellent gospel songs for youth choir. If you’re looking for ideas for gospel hymns for a youth choir or just want some choice tracks to jam to in the car with your gospel fan children, give some of these songs a try.

Some of the best gospel songs for children are classics. Of course, when discussing gospel for kids, you’ve got to consider the age of the child. There are plenty of old, well-established gospel songs that involve repetitive choruses – they’re super easy for little ones to memorize. This list of gospel for youth choir also includes many contemporary gospel songs; if you’re planning a performance, you might wish to incorporate both old and new tracks. Teens, especially, will love the newer classics.

Of course, children have different, varying abilities, and that’s important when choosing gospel music for youth choir. You want to try to find gospel for children of all ages and abilities. Some of these songs have excellent solo opportunities within, offering the opportunity to showcase your strongest singers.  

Think you don’t know much about gospel music for kids? You might be surprised. There’s a pretty fair chance that if you attended any kind of Christian summer camp or church at some point in your life, you sang at least one of them. A lot. Take a stroll down memory lane, and vote for your top choices among the best gospel hymns for kids.

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  • Amazing Grace
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    232 votes

    Opening verse:

    Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
    That saved a wretch; like me!
    I once was lost, but now am found,
    Was blind, but now I see.

  • Chorus:

    Our God is an awesome God
    He reigns from heaven above
    With wisdom, power, and love
    Our God is an awesome God

  • Jesus Loves Me
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    Refrain:

    Yes Jesus loves me
    Oh, yes Jesus loves me
    Yes Jesus loves me for the Bible tells me so

  • Opening verse:

    Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
    God of glory, Lord of love;
    Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
    Op’ning to the sun above.
    Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
    Drive the dark of doubt away;
    Giver of immortal gladness,
    Fill us with the light of day!

  • Final verse:

    He's got everybody here in His hands
    He's got you and me, brother, in His hands
    He's got everybody here in His hands
    He's got the whole world...
    He's got the whole world in His hands

  • Chorus:

    How great is our God, sing with me
    How great is our God, and all will see
    How great, how great is our God