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Hymns Sung (Iowa)
During 2017, we conducted a sacrament meeting hymns survey to find out which hymns are sung most commonly in sacrament meetings around the world. This page shows results specific to Iowa, United States. To see an overview of results from the full survey, see Hymns Sung in Sacrament Meetings.
About the data set
Church membership in Iowa (31 Dec 2017): 28,160
Congregations in Iowa (wards and branches): 66
- 8 congregations from Iowa participated in the survey (12.1%). The full list can be found below.
- 373 total sacrament meetings were reported (only a subset of wards reported every week).
Top 15 Overall
- As Now We Take the Sacrament (26)
- I Stand All Amazed (25)
- Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (23)
- O God, the Eternal Father (21)
- Father in Heaven, We Do Believe (19)
- Behold the Great Redeemer Die (18)
- God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray (18)
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (18)
- In Humility, Our Savior (18)
- How Firm a Foundation (17)
- Reverently and Meekly Now (17)
- How Great the Wisdom and the Love (16)
- I Need Thee Every Hour (16)
- More Holiness Give Me (16)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (16)
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- Our Savior’s Love (16)
- Come, Follow Me (15)
- I Believe in Christ (15)
- Praise to the Man (15)
- The Spirit of God (15)
- In Memory of the Crucified (14)
- Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King (14)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (14)
- We’ll Sing All Hail to Jesus’ Name (14)
- With Humble Heart (14)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Meredith) (13)
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away (13)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Hancock) (12)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (12)
- Nearer, My God, to Thee (12)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (12)
- While of These Emblems We Partake (Saul) (12)
- Abide with Me! (11)
- Come unto Jesus (11)
- Joseph Smith’s First Prayer (11)
Top 15, Adjusted (excl. sacrament hymns)
- How Firm a Foundation (17)
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives (17)
- I Need Thee Every Hour (16)
- More Holiness Give Me (16)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (16)
- Our Savior’s Love (16)
- Come, Follow Me (15)
- I Believe in Christ (15)
- Praise to the Man (15)
- The Spirit of God (15)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (14)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (12)
- Nearer, My God, to Thee (12)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (12)
- Abide with Me! (11)
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- Come unto Jesus (11)
- Joseph Smith’s First Prayer (11)
- The Lord Is My Light (11)
- Where Can I Turn for Peace? (11)
- Come, Come, Ye Saints (10)
- Joy to the World (10)
- Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful (10)
- Redeemer of Israel (10)
- Called to Serve (9)
- Do What Is Right (9)
- God Be with You Till We Meet Again (9)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (9)
- Let Us All Press On (9)
- Love at Home (9)
- Prayer of Thanksgiving (9)
- Rejoice, the Lord Is King! (9)
- All Creatures of Our God and King (8)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (8)
- Come, Ye Thankful People (8)
- Have I Done Any Good? (8)