I pray that this book will invest in the dreams of those that are willing to take Contemporary Gospel music to higher levels like never before and inspire those to be more creative and more innovative than ever.
I am a massive fan of Gospel Music and I think it is exciting and inspiring at the same time. I listen to loads of different Gospel Artists, some of them from Britain and some from America. including Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin, Deitrick Haddon, Four Kornerz, Israel Houghton, Noel Robinson, Fred Hammond, Canton Jones, Tye Tribbett, Guvna B, Bebe and Cece Winans, and many more. I also enjoy listening to Papa San and he is originally from Jamaica. His new album is ''One Blood''. There is a diversity of different music styles here and I think they are also amazing God honoring artists that will continue to inspire many people around the world.
This book talks about how Gospel Music originated and came into existence and it also addresses the huge sacred-secular divide that has infiltrated the church for way too long and how the conservative black churches tried to keep Gospel Music in a box and preventing it from being exposed to the outside world. The book also talks about the pioneers and innovators who took Gospel Music to a higher level and brought freshness into the Gospel Music scene in order to reach the younger Generations and they took a lot of risk to open new doors for Gospel Artists to create music that is creative and at a very high standard, and also to win the younger generations for God and bring more creative freedom into the atmosphere. These pioneers came under a lot of heavy critisism and the church falsely accused these artists of playing what the church called the devil's music. These pioneers were the reason that Soul, Funk, Reggae and Ska, Rock, Pop and Hip Hop started to come into the church and the Gospel Choirs pushed the church boundaries by collaborating with mainstream artists and performing in mainstream venue's to evangelise and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a new and fresh way so that the younger generations will be saved and that they can have new life. Think about it. What would the music industry be like now if Gospel Music didn't cross over to the mainstream and it wasn't accessible to the youngsters and teenagers. This world would have been way worse than it is now and not only that. This generation would have to suffer a constant and overwhelming lack of direction and vision. Suicide rates would have gone up to higher levels, Racial prejudice would get much worse and out of control and division would increase. Crime rates would have increased and we would be going through some serious anarchy than we would cope, and the suffering and oppression would grow to immense proportions.
I would like to thank God for using the Gospel Music pioneers and innovative Gospel Choirs in a mighty and powerful way to bring unity to different church denominations and invest in the dreams of younger generations and to shatter divisions and put an end to racism and prejudice.
As a result, there is a lot more diversity in the Christian and Gospel Music industries and modern Chrisian Entertainment is at a higher standard and the quality is excellent and culturally relevant in a positive way. Gospel music was born out of oppression and hardships and the lyrics were meant to proclaim freedom and redemption and most of all keep Jesus Christ at the centre at all times. Gospel Music is performed with unbridled emotions and it is also designed to transcend cultures and background. If Gospel Music doesn't transcend cultures and promote racial diversity then it wouldn't be doing it's job. Gospel Music was designed that way.
I pray that God will use this bonus review in a powerful way to encourage more people especially youngsters to listen to Contemporary Gospel Music and that more people can take Gospel Music to a higher level. I would like to speak creative freedom into the atmosphere and may the church repent and turn away from cultural prejudice because I cannot tolerate racism any longer. May God's standards be raised in Great Britain right now. May God bless all of you forevermore.
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