Saturday, June 9 dawned with a slightly overcast sky. Would it rain? That thought crossed my mind as I got ready to go to Worship City Praise. I later found rain was also on the mind of event publicist Michael Lenda as well. After all, a year of planning had gone into the event, and nobody wanted to see the…

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Actor Kirk Cameron has been added to the list of speakers for the day-long WorshipCityPraise gathering on June 9th, 2001, on the Nashville Capitol Hill north lawn, off of James Robertson Parkway. The event, which will be held from 1:00 pm until 10:00 pm (CST), is a celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Nashville Billy Graham Crusade. Admission is…

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One Festival is coming to Memphis bringing four days of Arts, Music, Worship, Missions, and Reconciliation June 13 – 16. The main-stage artists for the festival are Wednesday- Jennifer Knapp/ Salvador/ 5 Iron Frenzy Thursday- Waterdeep/ Caedmon’s Call / Iona Friday- P.o.d./ Project 86/ Living Sacrifice Saturday- The Williams Brothers/ John P. Kee/ The Mississippi Mass Choir The family festival…

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Atlantic recording artist Randy Travis recently garnered two Dove Awards and will be featured on the upcoming season finale episode of Touched By An Angel. Starring in the season finale, Travis will perform his Dove-Award winning hit “Baptism” on CBS’s Touched By An Angel. Touched By An Angel, featuring Roma Downey, Della Reese and John Dye will highlight Travis in…

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A partnership between ForeFront Records and Multnomah Publishers was announced today, with the two companies agreeing to work together to create a six song EP around Multnomah’s best-selling book, The Prayer of Jabez. “I’m very excited about this partnership between Multnomah, Bruce and ForeFront,” said Don Jacobson, President and Publisher of Multnomah. “The Prayer of Jabez continues to change the…

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Christy gets married tonight in part two of PAX TV’s miniseries “Christy: Choices of the Heart,” based on Catherine Marshall’s best-selling novel and the notes Marshall left for a sequel. The Christy book has been rereleased by Zondervan (paper) and Chosen/Baker (cloth), and J. Countryman is releasing several Christy-themed gift titles this year.  348 total views,  1 views today

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When contemporary Christian music got its start, itwasn’t immediately accepted by the entire church. Ifa piece of music wasn’t a hymn, some thought, itdidn’t honor God. Some believed it was irreverent toget a little excited about Jesus. But what was considered outlandish back then is a normal part of today’s typical worship service. Someone who experienced the initial controversysurrounding CCM…

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During their Tuesday, May 1st meeting, the Nashville City Council will announce a proclamation that June 9, 2001 will be declared as WorshipCityPraise Day in the city of Nashville. Nashville Council Member (District 28) Jason Alexander has initiated the resolution before the council as an annual proclamation for the second Saturday during the month of June to be known as…

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