Music minister walks for 24 straight hours to raise money for missions
PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) – For Jon Tyner, minister of music at Olive Baptist Church, worship and missions go hand in hand. That’s why Tyner and three friends took on the challenge of walking for 24 straight hours to raise money for missions.
Keith and Kristyn Getty bring Sing! An Irish Christmas to Seminary Hill
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Keith and Kristyn Getty performed Christ-centered Christmas music and traditional carols of the season for almost 1,700 people through “Sing! An Irish Christmas” Dec. 7 in the MacGorman Chapel and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Amy Grant, ‘queen of Christian pop,’ feted at Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) – The Kennedy Center Honors, on its 45th occasion, recognized singer and songwriter Amy Grant, marking the first time the top cultural distinction was given to a contemporary Christian musician.
Johnny Cash documentary tells faith journey of Man in Black
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon,” is a new documentary telling the story of how the legendary musician known as “The Man in Black” found the light of Jesus Christ.
‘Chosen Road’ seeks to encourage revitalizing churches through new Christmas album, tour
NASHVILLE (BP) – As the holiday season approaches, chart-topping bluegrass band “Chosen Road,” hopes touring their new Christmas album “Appalachian Christmas,” will help encourage rural, revitalizing churches.
SEBTS professor continues musical legacy as ‘The Ambassador’
NASHVILLE (BP) – Long before William Branch became a professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, he was known as one of the most influential Christian hip-hop artists of all-time, “The Ambassador.”
Steven Curtis Chapman bares soul in latest ‘I Am Second’ film
PLANO, Texas (BP) – Halfway between Possum Trot and Monkey’s Eyebrow, Ky., – Paducah, that is – Steven Curtis Chapman grew up hearing his father intervene with prayer when family discord arose.
Gloria Gaynor of ‘I Will Survive’ shares God in sacred, secular music
GREEN BROOK, N.J. (BP) – Gloria Gaynor recalls the heyday of her iconic Grammy-winning disco hit “I Will Survive” when the Lord reined her in.
Dove Award winners include CeCe Winans, Phil Wickham, Anne Wilson
NASHVILLE (BP) – Winners at the 53rd annual GMA Dove Awards included first-time winner Anne Wilson, worship leader Phil Wickham and legendary Gospel artist CeCe Winans.
CenturyMen disbanding after 53 years of choral Gospel ministry
LOUDON, Tenn. (BP) –John Condra recalls the first rehearsal of The CenturyMen, a 100-member male chorus organized in 1969 in the days of the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission (RTC).
