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  'Tell them about the dream Martin' - remembering Mahalia Jackson

  Roy Francis | Thu 27 Jan 2022 8:33 GMT

  Mahalia Jackson more than any other, helped spread gospel music internationally and paved the way for it to be accepted as part of American culture.

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  Amazon Studios producing docuseries on Duggars, reality TV families' connection to Christian group

  Jeannie Law | Wed 26 Jan 2022 18:56 GMT

  Amazon Prime Video is working on a docuseries about popular Christian reality TV families, including the Duggar family, and their connection to a conservative Christian organization Institute in Basic Life Principles.

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  TobyMac collaborates with Sheryl Crow on 'Promised Land'

  Jennifer Lee | Fri 14 Jan 2022 18:38 GMT

  The seven-time Grammy winner partnered with Crow to record two new versions of his hit single "Promised Land".

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  How Black Caribbean Pentecostals put their music on the map

  Roy Francis | Wed 12 Jan 2022 15:22 GMT

  What gospel music has done for Caribbean Pentecostal churches is that it has given them a profile that belies their size and influence.

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  Big Daddy Weave bassist dies of Covid complications

  Jennifer Lee | Wed 5 Jan 2022 11:43 GMT

  Jay Weaver, one of the founding members of Christian band Big Daddy Weave, has died from Covid-19 complications.

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  Lysa TerKeurst announces divorce, standing 'firm' in faith despite pain

  Leah Marieann Klett | Sun 2 Jan 2022 17:46 GMT

  Bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst has announced she and her husband, Art, will be ending their marriage of nearly 30 years after he engaged in "chosen patterns of behavior that dishonor God and the biblical covenant of marriage."

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  Chris Tucker rejects $10 million for movie role over religious objections to content

  Anugrah Kumar | Sun 2 Jan 2022 17:33 GMT

  Rapper Ice Cube has revealed that actor Chris Tucker, his co-star in the popular 1995 film "Friday," didn't appear in the sequels because of his Christian faith, turning down a $10 million to $12 million offer to portray a character known for cussing and smoking marijuana.

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  'Prayer is a constant in my life,' says Britney Spears

  Jennifer Lee | Wed 29 Dec 2021 12:09 GMT

  Britney Spears has credited prayer with getting her through the anguish of her conservatorship.

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  How the Bible shapes my writing

  Chick Yuill | Wed 22 Dec 2021 10:50 GMT

  Writing fiction for me, far from being an escape from reality, is actually an exercise in engaging with reality

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  'This is spiritual warfare,' says Denzel Washington

  Jennifer Lee | Wed 15 Dec 2021 11:59 GMT

  Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington sees his Christian faith as underpinning everything he does in life.

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  The Jesus Music: How Christian music saved my soul

  Krish Kandiah | Fri 10 Dec 2021 15:17 GMT

  There was a causal chain of events between that Salvation Army brass band and my coming to understand the gospel message.

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  Kathie Lee Gifford likens today's cancel culture to McCarthyism

  Leah MarieAnn Klett | Fri 26 Nov 2021 9:12 GMT

  Kathie Lee Gifford has issued a blistering condemnation of both "cancel culture" and today's money-driven church, urging the Body of Christ to remember that the way of Jesus is one of kindness, humility and empathy.