Gospel News

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.

Revelation 22 The River of Life New International Version 22 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city.

Prayer meeting and Bible study is held every Wednesday at 11 a.m. and every Friday at 7 a.m. at Point Level Disciples of Christ Church.

On July 13 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Greenbrier, it will be a big Sunday because it is Homecoming.

One of the most popular and influential gospel groups of the 20th century, the Soul Stirrers were pioneers in the development of the quartet style of gospel and, without intending it, in the creation of soul music, doo wop, and motown sound, some of the secular music that owed much to gospel.

Jul. 7, 2014 - MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- MONTGOMERY, AL - New Vision Records, a national record label has signed Millbrook, Alabama gospel artist, TYRONE WILLIAMS to a record deal that includes national distribution of his upcoming recording to be released in Fall 2014.

Members of Healthy Music Group, who have been positively impacting the lives of St Thomas residents, have made good on their promise to use proceeds from this year's staging of the annual Heart Praise Worship Fest to provide scholarships for some Grade Six Achievement Test students.