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August 18, 2009 – Lift every voice and sing. And do so before Sept. 21. Come Clean Inc., a Beloit nonprofit in partnership with New Zion Baptist Church, wants to host a youth gospel fest at the Janesville Performing Arts Center. But if you’d like to participate, you must register at the performing arts center [...]
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Teen Mania Ministries Launches New Record Label
August 18th, 2009 
gospelnewswire August 18, 2009 – International youth outreach organization Teen Mania Ministries has launched a new record label to develop the next generation of worship musicians and songwriters and to provide its young audience with an “authentic, relevant worship experience.” “Where ever there is a movement of God, there is music,” noted Teen Mania President and [...]
Wife of Ted Haggard to Reveal ‘Why I Stayed’ in Upcoming Book
August 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 18, 2009 – Gayle Haggard, the wife of disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard, has signed an agreement with Tyndale House Publishers to publish her memoir in January 2010. In Why I Stayed, Haggard will recall the choices she made after her husband, founder and senior pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado [...]
Deacon Accused Of Soliciting Prostitute
August 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 18, 2009 – Police said a deacon from a Dayton-area church was arrested after he allegedly picked up a prostitute and took her back to his house. Police reports state the deacon admitted to paying $30 for sexual intercourse on Tuesday night. Dwight Smith, 62, is a deacon at the Upper Room Apostolic Church. [...]
Church Calls Break-In Blessing In Disguise
August 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 18, 2009 – Church officials say a break-in at the Presbyterian Church of Coventry turned out to be a blessing in disguise. More than $200 raised by children at Vacation Bible School was stolen from the church last Sunday. The funds were raised to help an orphan named Ruth living in a village in [...]
Jesus Fest (Video)
August 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 18, 2009 – There’s, food, fun, and Christian entertainment in Clarksburg Friday. The 4th annual Jesus Fest kicked off at the VA park amphitheater. The event has many local christian entertainers and musicians…Along with kids events and a late night concert series for youth. If you missed it Friday night, Jesus Fest continues Saturday [...]
Man carrying assault weapon attends Obama protest
August 18th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 18, 2009 – About a dozen people carrying guns, including one with a military-style rifle, milled among protesters outside the convention center where President Barack Obama was giving a speech Monday — the latest incident in which protesters have openly displayed firearms near the president. Gun-rights advocates say they’re exercising their constitutional right to [...]
Prophetess Omarosa? Reality TV Star To Begin Seminary Classes Today.
August 17th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 17, 2009 – Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth is scheduled to begin her journey toward a doctor of ministry degree today at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. As previously reported, the reality TV villain recently revealed her plans to enter seminary school after saying she has been hearing the calling for some time. Ivan Hicks, the [...]
MEMBERS BANNED FROM CHURCH: New pastor fights for control and respect.
August 17th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 17, 2009 – A family feud has torn apart members of a church in Coral Ridge, Florida. Six members of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church — including the daughter of founding pastor D. James Kennedy — have been banned from the premises and all functions of the Fort Lauderdale church. The action, announced in a [...]
GOSPEL MUSIC SALES UP: But concert ticket sales don’t keep up with market surge.
August 17th, 2009 gospelnewswire August 17, 2009 – Gospel music sells have exploded in recent years. The Christian music industry as a whole sold more than 44.9 million units in 2006 with twenty percent of those sales attributed to black gospel music. Black gospel music has grown to being heard on mainstream radio formats nationally and has a platform [...]
