Gospel News

Can vacation bible school be fun, loud, playful, and serious all at the same time? If you're familiar with Mosaic Church in Ocean Springs, the answer is a definitive yes.

The 19th annual Gospel Concert on the Rochester Common will be held on Saturday, July 19, beginning at 6 p.m., sponsored by the Harvest of Praise Church of God.

Five-time GRAMMY winner Larnelle Harris will be presented with the 2014 Kentucky Governor's Artist Award in October.

The cash will be handed out as part of a First World War Centenary fund for work at cathedrals across England.

Ivan Parker hopes those who attend Saturday's gospel music concert at the Paramount Theater in Burlington "will leave differently than the way they came."

Today the Praise 1300am Family sends a Happy Birthday to an icon in American Music.Mavis Staples!! Here's a brief bio: Mavis Staples began her career with her family group in 1950.

About 250 people came out for this year's Southern Gospel Sing, a stark contrast to the thousands that once attended the more than 60-year Holmes County tradition.

Following on the heels of the successful "Motown: The Musical Broadway" show, Concord Music Group and Academy Award-nominated and Grammy-winning producer Stuart Benjamin have begun development of a musical production based on the dramatic story of iconic soul music label Stax Records.

The Blind Boys of Alabama will perform at Lincoln Theatre, 712 S. First St., Mount Vernon, at 8 p.m. Friday, July 11, 2014 their first appearance at the theater since their sold-out concert five years ago.

The gesture came during a three-hour meeting of Pope Francis and Texas televangelists Kenneth Copeland and James Robison, just weeks after the pontiff met with televangelist Joel Osteen and other religious leaders.

Volunteers at the Newberry Opera House have given over 225,000 hours to the Opera House since it reopened in 1998 and that donated time has saved the Opera House more than $1.6 million.

Lakewood Ranch resident Heather Perry plans to bark up so much business that she has plans to expand her new company even before it opens.

Concord Music Group announces that it has acquired the catalog of renowned American R&B/Soul label Vee-Jay Records .

BIRMINGHAM , Alabama -- The song "Every Praise" by Hezekiah Walker has staying power.

Eden Christian Centre host their first ever outdoor community event termed "International Day" on Sunday 13th September 2014.

Gospel artists Tye Tribbett and Tasha Page-Lockhart joined Roland Martin Tuesday on "NewsOne Now" to discuss the evolving gospel music landscape and the Kirk Franklin Presents Tour.

BET premiered the new season of Sunday Best and fans were not at all happy with the behavior of the famous gospel judge panel.

Late last month, Pope Francis met with charismatic Christian and Pentecostal leaders at the Vatican, including prosperity gospel televangelist Kenneth Copeland, a popular American religious figure whose theology and lifestyle is directly at odds with the Pope's.

US gospel singer Eric Dozier, who is running workshops in Hobart this week as part of the Festival of Voices.

Praise and Worship song of the year winner Godfrey Birtill will be performing in the event's arts marquee at Walton Hall tomorrow, Wednesday.