The entire process usually takes between ten and twelve months. After completing the final corrections, PHP will manufacture the books and deliver them to the local church for distribution. Hymnal Consultant PHP makes available independent hymnal consultants to work with churches in the development of their hymnbooks. These professionals have extensive backgrounds in congregational music and understand the traditions of many different denominations. The hymnal consultants' strong academic and practical leadership is available to help guide local-church committees through the development process.
Some churches decide to pay the cost of publication out of church funds.
Most churches, however, have been successful in soliciting funds for the purchase of new hymnals by appeals for single-book underwriting by individuals within the congregation. PHP can provide bookplates to the church for identifying the contributor and the individual in whose honor or memory the books were given along with a church fundraising package outlining the process.