Churches struggling to muster a full choir and organist for Sunday services have found salvation in an unlikely source – karaoke.
A new range of electronic “hymnals”, adapting music systems for ecclesiastical purposes, have proved an unexpected hit with priests and vicars.
Controlled from a small screen in the pulpit or lectern, it provides backing music for congregations while projecting the lyrics onto walls – with the words appearing in time with the music just like in karaoke systems.