Amen!

There are lots of great Amens that are worth exploring.

 

Songs that only have the word Amen in them: 

• *Iona (T1AU) / MV219 Ameni Ameni (Young men of Christ the New Man Parish, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa) A really fun and energetic Amen. It's great if you can build up parts one at a time, and it's very easy for people to learn these parts if you do it that way. Sound sample.  Good for kids.
• *MV225 / STB108 Amen (Traditional melody arranged by Puqi Jiang, China) A gentle and very pretty two part Amen, making use of a traditional melody. You could get the congregation to sing one part while a choir or small group sings the other - alternatively, split the congregation into two parts and teach them both. Sheet music sample. 
• *STB107 Amen (Paul Widyawan, Indonesia) A lovely 3 part, 3 fold Amen. It would be good to teach all the parts.
• *TiS 783(ii) / NCH812 / CH819 / UMH898 / VU967 / PH586 / GtG601 / W&R744 Amen (Danish) This is what I think of as "the standard threefold Amen", often used at the end of a service, after the benediction. In the church I grew up in, we just made up parts, but you can use the set ones, of course. Sound sample (I like it slower than this).
• *CH825 Amen (South African) Nice simple five-fold Amen; seems very familiar. 
• *GtG600 / PH587 Amen (African-American traditional) This is the Amen that is sometimes sung with "Mary had a baby"... You would either need to sing it multiple times, or add a big rallentando at the end so people know it is ending.
• CH820 / VU966 / PH584 / W&R743 / NCH811 / GtG599 Amen (Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Germany) Also known as "Dresden Amen" this is a simple single-fold Amen. More useful as a response during the service than as a final rousing Amen.   
• VU969 Amen (James Kriewald, USA) A three-fold Amen. Sound sample (instrumental).  
• VU970 Amen (Merritt 1) (Paul Merritt, USA) A two fold Amen, which is quite nice.
• VU971 Amen (Merritt 2) (Paul Merritt, USA) A three fold Amen, which would be pretty easy to pick up if you feel like a new one. 
• VU972 / PH585 Amen (McNeil Robinson, USA) A quite lovely three-fold Amen.  
• NCH810 / UMH899 / UMH900 Amen (Vincent Persichetti, USA) A nice two-fold Amen.

Songs that have Amen with other words:  

• *TiS 704 / AoV2-090 / CH824 / NCH760 / Iona (M&G) / VU431 / WoV786 / ELW846 / SFFS 2067 / GtG598 / G(II)369 / GC536 / W&R741 / Cha030 / ZSS56 / URW398 / StF770 / LUYH921 / TFBF279 Amen We Praise Your Name O God / Siakudumisa / Masithi Amen (Stephen Cuthbert Molefe, South Africa) An energetic Amen, best for a small group until the congregation learns it. Note, the GIA hymnals have an English version, which is not so great. 
• *CH822 Amen Amen Alleluia Amen (John Bell) A nice and joyous Amen. Very easy to teach. Can be sung as a round. 
• *VU974 Amen Amen Hallelujah Amen (Jim Strathdee) This is very nice and would be simple for a congregation to learn as it is in Unison.
• WoV792 / STB105 Amen Hallelujah (Traditional melody arranged by Sutarno, Java, Indonesia) Very simple; the text ends with "We praise your name O Lord". Sheet music sample.
• Iona (M&G / T1AU) Amen Alleluia (South African) I love this one - very energetic, but needs work to teach it well.  

 Choral Amens:

• TiS 783(iii) / NCH814 / VU973 Amen (John Stainer, England) A choral seven-fold Amen.  Sound sample.  
• CH821 Amen (Orlando Gibbons, England) A formal SAATB Amen, which is quite glorious if you have a good group of singers in your choir. Slow sound sample. 
• NCH815 / CH823 Amen (William Smith, England) Really very beautiful. Sound sample.
• VU968 / W&R746 Amen (Norman Johnson, USA) A relatively simple two-fold Amen. 
• NCH813 Amen (Roland M Carter, USA) Fourfold amen, best for a choir.  

Does your congregation have a favourite Amen? I'd love to hear about it, so please tell me in a comment below!