Despite only being in her twenties, Debra Black has pioneered "Worship on the Square," an organization bringing the church body together in the city center to worship God and bring awareness to social causes in the city.
Multiple Dove Award nominee and winner Natalie Grant's GSN series, It Takes A Church has been confirmed for a second season. The network announced the series renewal and season two will air in 2015. The series, which priemered in June 2014, is a matchmaking endeavor.The program, hosted by Grammy-nominated singer Natalie Grant, follows churches around the country as they try to find a mate for one of their parishioners.
Sparrow Records will release a 3-CD Gift Pack gathering three of Britt Nicole's albums together all for the price of 1 CD on October 14, 2014. Featuring 33 songs, the Gift Pack will include the full albums of "Say It," "The Lost Get Found" and "Gold."
ndy Mineo, formerly known as C-Lite, is a Christian Hip Hop artist, producer and song writer has just gotten married to his former fiance Christina this passed weekend. Over social media, Mineo speaks of his excitement when he posted: "Sooo...I'm getting married today."
Integrity Music will be releasing the brand new live worship album of Desperation Band 'Banner' on 30th September 2014. Desperation Band started off as the youth worship band at Colorado Springs-based New Life Church. Now, under the leadership of worship pastor Jon Egan, their songs have already become worship staples across the world, including 'I Am Free', 'Overcome', 'Yahweh' and 'Strong God'.
On November 11, 2014, the Passion Movement, which features top Christian worship leaders such as Chris Tomlin, Kristan Stanfill, Matt Redman, Christy Nockels and others will be releasing, "Passion: The Essential Collection." The 2 CD collection will feature a collection of 25 of the most powerful songs, talks and performances from the past 15 years of the Passion movement.
After performing in 37 cities to more than 154,000 fans, Contemporary Christian band Casting Crowns will be extending their THRIVE Tour this fall with an additional 39 U.S. tour dates. he THRIVE Tour will feature former American Idol aluminus Mandisa and Dove Award winners Sidewalk Prophets.
Now you can win tickets to The Follow Tour that features the best of Christian Hip Hop/Rap artists including Shopé, Canon, Json, S.O, Julien & Dj Lagit. Presented by Lamp Mode Recordings, Role Model Records, and Rapzilla, The Follow Tour kicks off on September 12th 2014.
Amy Grant readies to release yet another Christmas effort on September 30, 2014 entitled "Icon Christmas." Over the course of Grant's career, she has had released a total of 11 Christmas albums (including compilations).
14 year-old vocal sensation Jackie Evancho is set to release her new inspirational album "Awakening" on September 23, 2014. Preceding the album's release Evancho has released a unique cover of the haunting folk song "The Rains of Castamere."
Christian metallic rock band Gideon has just released their most anticipated single and video "Calloused." "Calloused" is also the title cut of their debut Facedown records which drops on October 14, 2014.
Brad Paisley's wheelhouse, to borrow his own vocabulary, is that he is a consummate entertainer able to don various hats with snugness. On one hand, he is a highly observant telecaster who has the sharpness of eye to give witty and often piercing readings of the kerfuffle of social phenomena. And he did this to perfect on his 2007's hit "Online."
Previously a part of R&B group Destiny's Child, acclaimed singer and songwriter Michelle Williams will be releasing her back to Gospel album "Journey to Freedom." Released by Entertainment One Records, this is also the singer's fourth solo project. Coming in stores on September 9, 2014, this album is destined to be one of this year's most anticipated Gospel music releases.
Given the large swath of Scripture song writers can find their muse in, it's tragic that only a handful of passages of Holy Writ are ever expounded in our modern worship songs. There are the standard go-to sections that most novices would consult, including the Psalms, sections of Isaiah, a couple of chapters in Revelation and a few narrative montages of Jesus' life lifted from the four Gospels. The remaining of the Bible remains relatively untouched.
DC Talk and Audio Adrenaline's former front man Kevin Max has just released his brand new single "Light Me Up." The single which is lifted from his much anticipated forthcoming album "Broken Temples" (due in November 2014). The album finds Max working with producers Rob Hawkins, Josh Silverberg, & others. The first single, "Light Me Up" is already available on most online stores, including iTunes.