Music

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – “Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior” and “There is a Fountain Filled With Blood” are among hymns and spiritual songs that have anchored the faith of Michelle “Missie” Branch, a seminary dean, public speaker, wife and mother.

(RNS) — Jane Marczewski, the singer-songwriter who captured hearts and the Golden Buzzer performing as Nightbirde last summer on “America’s Got Talent,” has died after multiple recurrences of cancer. She was 31.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Even before Lynda Randle became a fixture on Gaither Homecoming videos, she loved a good Negro spiritual sung with a “reverence” born of proximity and experience.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Shane Bernard and Shane Everett surmised early in their music ministry as Shane & Shane that God had better words than they themselves.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Christian band Skillet released a new album today (Jan. 14) that lead singer John Cooper said represents a “positive rebellion,” against forces influencing Christians to live in fear.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (BP) – As the landscape of church music continues to shift, the Baptist Church Music Conference (BCMC) remains a constant presence and help for Southern Baptist musicians at all levels of involvement – the local church, denominational work and education.

NASHVILLE (BP) – When it announced last month it was shutting down, Brentwood Benson became the latest in a line of major church music publishers closing their doors. Last year saw the bankruptcy of Lorenz Corp., which had purchased choral giant Word Music in 2017. Then a few months ago, Lifeway released its last box of new choral offerings for churches.

Prolific women’s ministry speaker and writer Lysa TerKeurst will divorce her husband of 29 years, she announced over the weekend.

(RNS) — For Mark Lowry, almost every day is Christmas. Whenever the storyteller and singer takes the stage for a concert, he always closes the show with the same song — “Mary Did You Know?” — no matter what time of year it is.

Carson-Newman University in recovery phase after fire; Brentwood-Benson music publisher to close; Illinois ex-pastor pleads not guilty to grooming charge.