Mac Powell, formerly with contemporary Christian group Third Day, then shared the theme of this year’s show. “The theme tonight is awe and wonder, a tribute to those sacred moments when God’s love takes our breath away.”
“It kind of blew my mind that there were deaf people out there who love music because my assumption is that they don’t listen to music because they can’t hear very well,” said Brandon Heath, a contemporary Christian singer and musician.
As Karen Gosselin and the choir of seventh through 12th graders gathered at Shocco Springs on March 14, they all knew they were staring down the barrel of a stormy weekend.
Michael Adler, dean of worship for the STS Institute in Homewood — a ministry of the Scott Dawson Evangelistic Association — said that most pastors are in a “driven mode,” and the task of the worship pastor is to support them.
Late last year, Christian radio powerhouse K-Love launched a streaming station, K-Love Pop, that plays songs by artists you don’t typically hear on most CCM stations today.
Even with all his awards, touring with big names and appearing in a major motion picture, singer-songwriter Micah Tyler has a quote he often thinks about regarding his career…
Between songs at their sold-out “Drummer Boy Christmas” performance at the Grand Ole Opry on Dec. 17, Joel Smallbone, along with his brother Luke of the Christian band For King and Country, mentioned it was an evening of firsts.