進堂詠是一首平常在基督教禮拜儀式初段之進堂禮同時頌唱的聖歌,有時禮儀開始之後也唱。進堂遊行包括神職人員、聖詠團在遊行十字架後方步行。[1]進堂詠有時亦包括禮成詠,但在基督新教傳統上平常是首風琴聖詠(英語:organ voluntary)。[2]
Winfred Douglas, The Hale Lectures - Church Music in History and Practice Studies in the Praise of God, (Read Books, 2008) ISBN 978-1-4437-3063-1 pp.176-178
Richard J. Mouw, Mark A. Noll, Wonderful words of life: hymns in American Protestant history and theology (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004) ISBN 978-0-8028-2160-7, p.158