About Winston Chaney

The largest Gospel Music gathering is set to go down in the ATL.   It’s the forty-seventh year for the GMWA founded in 1967. by Delegates, supporters and industry executives from all over the world will participate in the conference, academic music and ministry sessions, live recordings and new artist showcases.   The National GAG […]

The Stellar Gospel Music Awards is planning to move again. The annual awards show that salutes the best in Black gospel music is headed to Las Vegas for its 30th anniversary. The Stellar Awards will be held in Vegas on March 28, 2015. The venue has not yet been finalized.

The countdown has begun! The rose of Gospel, Dorinda Clark Cole is coming with new music in the form of her highly anticipated new single ‘You Are’ – the first from her 5th album which is yet to be titled.   Moments ago the ‘He Brought Me’ hit maker shared the song’s official cover. Check it out above — Quite stunning! […]

Former Boston Red Sox player Manny Ramirez says he’s a “new man” thanks to his faith in Jesus. The former MLB player made his statement at a celebration honoring the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series championship team at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass., on Wednesday evening. The former Red Sox player, who coined the […]

We church leaders repeat often that we desire to know and reach our mission field. And we also know that our mission field demographics are shifting dramatically in the United States. Today, I want to focus on one large slice of the demographic pie in America-households headed by a single parent. That world is growing […]

Hey Guys, There have only been a handful of people in my life who have moved me, inspired me, encouraged me, and helped mold the man I am today. One of those people would be Dr. Maya Angelou. She was a woman I called “friend”. Her words and her spirit are too powerful to leave this earth […]

Maya Angelou  —   born Marguerite Ann Johnson; April 4, 1928; died May 28, 2014 —  was an American author and poet. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years. She received dozens of awards and […]

MAY 28,  1944 – Gladys Knight — singer, leader of Pips (Midnight Train to Georgia) was born in Atlanta Ga.   DID YOU KNOW?   THAT THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE SONG  —  “Midnight Train to Georgia” — was originally called “MIDNIGHT PLANE TO HOUSTON?” HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS. GLADYS KNIGHT!!!!

In a recent episode of YouTube series Dead End Hip-Hop, the episode discusses “conscious” hip-hop returning to the mainstream. During the conversation, Lecrae’s name is brought up, but they deem him too Christian for the mainstream. “Do you ever think Lecrae can kind of be that guy in the mainstream level?” one of the show’s […]

When the Revered DeForest Soaries attends gatherings of his fellow leaders in the Black Church, he often finds himself the youngest man in the room. Soaries, the senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey, is 62-years-old. The graying of the church leadership (both among the professional clergy and laypeople) started to […]