Gospel Music News-Not Easily Broken, Marvin Sapp

1. “Not Easily Broken”, the new movie by T.D. Jakes,  opens in theaters Friday. The movie, which stars Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson is about the ups and downs of married life.

2. It looks like Marvin Sapp won’t be getting a Grammy this year for his blockbuster hit “Never Would Have Made It”.  Bummer…..~EUR

3. If you are a fan of Darlene Zschech you can get a free MP3 of her song “Call Upon His Name” from the Change Your World Album at FreeCCM.com.

4. Village Hope Church is planning to move their church services into a former Bowlorama Lanes in Jackson. Well, in Houston we have had a former sports arena and a movie theater turned into a church. If these large venues are being filled with churchgoers that’s good news.~MLive

5. The most important resolution you can make according to Billy Graham is at The Christian Post.

6. Are you homeschooling? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, homeschooling grew 36% between 2003 & 2007. Parents cite  negative peer influences of public school, the desire to provide religious or moral instruction as well as concern about the academic quality of public school as their reasons for homeschooling.~Home School Legal Defense Association

7. Our prayers go out to Maurette Brown Clarke who lost her sister, Loretta Faison, who passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, January 3rd.~Malaco

Gospel Music News-Zomba Gospel, Gospel Music Channel

1. Congrats to Zomba Gospel on being named Top Gospel Album Label in Billboard’s year end issue. Their top Gospel music release of the year was the Marvin Sapp’s "Thirsty" album which contained the blockbuster hit "Never Would Have Made It".~Source

2. Ray Boltz, the contemporary Christian music singer who recently came out of the closet, has a new song out entitled "Don’t Tell Me Who To Love". The song is about an interracial couple who married in Washington DC in the fifties and upon returning to their home in Virginia were prosecuted because interracial marriage was illegal in Virginia. The song attempts to compare racism to gay marriage. Do you think the two causes are related?~Gospel Soundcheck

3. Visit FreeCCM.com to get free downlands of Sandi Patty’s "O Holy Night" and MercyMe’s "Joseph’s Lullaby". You will have to register to get the downloads.

4. LilMama of The Gospel Fill Up is back. She "dug through the crates" and she has some songs featuring Monique (Williams) Walker before she recorded with Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.

5. The results will be announced on Sat. Dec. 27 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Gospel Music Channel for the 2008 Gospel Music Channel Video Awards. Some categories to watch are:

Soul : Blind Boys of Alabama "Free At Last" – DeWayne Woods "Let Go" – Hoszia Hinds "I’m Calling" – Kevin Levar "You Are Not Alone" – Marvin Sapp "Never Would Have Made It"

Contemporary : Kirk Franklin "Declaration (This Is It)" – Switchfoot "This Is Home" – Danny Liston "Change the World" – David Phelps "No More Night" – Steven Curtis Chapman "Cinderella"

Hip Hop : T-Bone "Name Droppin’" – Lecrae "Prayin For You" – Tye Tribbett "Good In The Hood" – KJ – 52 "Do Yo Thang" – KJ – 52 "Fan Mail"

Gospel Music Internationally Known!

The Harlem Gospel Singers, the ensemble founded by Gospel singer Queen Esther Marrow in 1991, will be performing in Budapest Sunday, December 14th. They will be performing a mix of classic Gospel, their own compositions, and contemporary Gospel music.

The Budapest Times had this to say about the Gospel music group:

The songs all have their roots in a unique form of spirituality based on exuberance and joie de vivre, while also holding out the promise of a better life in the hereafter. Even those who are not religious will be swept away by the singers’ voices and passion.  Tickets cost between HUF 5,900 and HUF 15,000.

Gospel music is internationally known! The Chicago Mass Choir is currently touring Switzerland and Greece. Learn more about The Harlem Gospel singers at their website.

Great Gospel Christmas Music!

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