"Amen Kind of Love" is the title of a song written by Trey Bruce

Trey Bruce

Trey Bruce is an American country music songwriter. Bruce has co-written three songs that became Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio...

 and Wayne Tester, and recorded by American country music artist Daryle Singletary

Daryle Singletary

Daryle Bruce Singletary is an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records, for which he released three studio albums: Daryle Singletary in 1995, All Because of You in 1996 and Ain't It the Truth in 1998...

. Released in October 1996, it was the first single from the album All Because of You

All Because of You (Daryle Singletary album)

All Because of You is the second album by American country music singer Daryle Singletary. It was released on October 8, 1996 via Giant Records. Although its lead-off single "Amen Kind of Love" reached #2 on the U.S. country singles charts, the next two singles both missed Top 40...

. The song reached #2 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying it is the "perfect marriage of voice and song." He goes on to say that "his phasing, accented by fiddle and steel guitar, should make country programmers want to stand up and testify (to borrow a word from the song)."

Chart performance

"Amen Kind of Love" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 12, 1996.

Chart (1996-1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Country Singles & Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2