South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Headlines Grammy Award-winning artist Kanye West has new music in the works following his 2019 gospel album Jesus Is King and his Sunday Service Choir’s companion album Jesus Is Born. On Monday, the rapper turned gospel artist revealed the cover of his latest single Wash Us in the Blood […]
Originally published in Relevant Magazine Like most of the world, Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes had most of their 2020 plans put on hiatus by the global pandemic. The famed worship duo have been putting their lockdown time to good use, working on a few renditions of their hugely popular […]
Throughout generations music has been used as a voice to fight for justice, to spread love, to entertain, even to incite negative lifestyles, like violence. VH Voices of Heaven see themselves as a move of revival whose mission is to make music for God in the earth. VH is a […]
A worship song that we all know and love — but may not know about its African origins — made history this year by becoming the first song to ever have two covers in the Top 10 of the Christian songs category on Billboard last month. Recently versions of Way Maker by Michael […]
South African-born singer-songwriter Louise Campion, now based in London, has released a new EP called Hold Me Father, in time for Father´s Day month in June. She says she has dedicated the song to her late father, Raymond John Campion, who was a superb pipe organist who led worship at Frere Rd […]
‘The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.’ — Number 6: 24 – 26 With much of the world experiencing stress, hardship and uncertainly under lockdown worship musicians […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. Many Christians, unable to congregate for worship after the government banned meetings of over 100 people, have joined thousands who are congregating in shopping malls. That’s […]
Multiple award-winning Jamaican gospel singer Chevelle Franklyn, is set to release Go In Your Strength, the debut worship single from her full-length album South Wind Vol 1, globally on April 3. Recorded in South Africa, the 13-track album features the voices of South African Gospel singer Ntokozo Mbambo. Franklyn co-produced […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. The other Sunday I listened to the world news before coming to our worship service. The news told of those destructive fires in Australia, of floods […]
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 […]