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The Gospel edition of the Magic Music Sessions due to be held on April 25 will feature Grammy Award-winning recording artist/songwriter Tasha Cobbs Leonard. Concert promoters Vertex Events have assured that the singer will perform at this year’s Magic Music Sessions despite a recently cancelled tour by another concert […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Justin Bieber’s new YouTube series Seasons released two episodes this week showing footage from his and his wife, Hailey’s wedding day. During the episodes Bieber revealed that he “was shaking” when he proposed to Hailey in the Bahamas in 2018. “I was like, ‘I […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines Pat Barrett’s song Build My Life and Hillsong Worship’s What a Beautiful Name were the most popular worship songs within churches in 2019, while Sinach’s Waymaker could make the list for 2020, according to a new report. Faithlife Proclaim, a church presentation software from Faithlife, […]
Welcome this opportunity to set a new, clear, 20/20 vision for your sung worship ministry this New Year. Give it deep, prayerful consideration, together with your colleagues. Take your congregational singing one notch higher than it was last year. Set your bar one notch higher, and stretch your muscles to […]
Originally published in CBN News Kanye West’s Sunday Service was a surprise sensation in 2019, and it appears will be picking right up where it left off as 2020 gets underway. Awaken 2020 is a large, free, stadium-sized event for Christians in Arizona that takes place annually at Sun Devil […]
Originally published in Christian Today Veteran Christian singer Carman Licciardello is asking fans to pray for him after being told by doctors that his cancer has returned. Carman already defied the odds back in 2013 when he was diagnosed with incurable myeloma cancer and told he had about three years […]
How is it in your church? Is there a tension between the songs which the oldies enjoy, and the songs preferred by the younger generation? Do some want hymns, while other want contemporary worship songs? Are there some who want an organ or piano, while others want a band with […]
By Stephen Lahood — Originally published in God Reports His doctor said, “You’ve got cancer,” but John Mark Hall, lead singer of Casting Crowns, heard, “You’re going to die.” It was 2015 and the Grammy-winning Christian worship band was approaching 10 million sales of its albums. Mark was youth pastor […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. Nebuchadnezzar had invaded Judah and demolished the beautiful temple which Solomon had built in Jerusalem. The important Jews were carried off into exile in Babylon, the […]
Originally published in CBN News Frequent Dove Award winner Kirk Franklin announced this week he is boycotting the Gospel Music Association and Trinity Broadcasting Network after the awards ceremony broadcast was edited to remove mentions of racial injustice from his speeches in 2016 and earlier this month. GMA removed Franklin’s […]