Gospel Music and Liturgical Hymns to the Researcher’s Spiritual Healing during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Autoethnography Biblical Perspective

The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges for Christian believers worldwide, especially in developing countries like South Africa. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed as a pandemic. Many activities were suspended, including church gatherings. As result, many believers, during pandemic, researcher was spiritually and emotionally affected suddenly filled with fear, depression, panic, loss, loneliness. During peak of used gospel music liturgical hymns to uplift researcher’s spiritual well-being. Although liturgy hymn have been devotional well-being religious individuals, little academic attention has given hymns. Hence, this article aims provide important insights concerning personal experience using In article, autoethnography research methodology. This extends literature about researcher‘s presents significant awareness into findings are outlined under following three themes: Feeling vulnerable pandemic; (b) role (c) use healing affirms that can improve psychological be attributed Keywords: Autoethnography, COVID-19, Believers, Gospel, Liturgy Hymns