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23 unusual facts about Christian music


Angami Baptist Church Council

One of the notable contributions by the ABYD is in the area of Music.

Bullfrogs and Butterflies

Bullfrogs and Butterflies is a series of Agapeland related Christian albums.

Educational Media Foundation

K-LOVE is an adult contemporary Christian music radio programming service in the United States operated by the Educational Media Foundation.

Forever Jones

Forever Jones (usually stylized as forever JONES) is a Christian gospel group formed by husband and wife DeWitt and Kim Jones and their five children.

Frisk Luft

It consisted of Rune Larsen, Ivar Skippervold, Arnold Børud and Kjell Fjalsett, and since all are accomplished musicians outside of the group as well, Frisk Luft had been called the first Christian supergroup in Norway.

Hangad

Hangád (Tagalog: "yearning" or "desire") is an inspirational vocal ensemble known for songs like Pananatili and Panunumpâ (covered by pop singer Carol Banawa).

Irene van Dyk

Irene van Dyk is a Christian and supported the "Lifeathon" fund-raising event for Christian music radio network Life FM.

Jonezetta

However, at a gig in Monroe, LA, with the Christian Post-hardcore rock act As Cities Burn, Jonezetta met that band's manager, Ryan Rado; impressed with the young band's set, he encouraged the band to step up and devote themselves more fully to their music.

KHCB-FM

KHCB-FM's programming consists of Christian music and Christian talk and teaching programs including; In Touch with Charles Stanley, Insight for Living with Chuck Swindoll, The Urban Alternative with Tony Evans, Back to the Bible, Revive our Hearts with Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, Breakpoint with Chuck Colson and Turning Point with David Jeremiah.

KLBD

The station broadcasts a Spanish Christian music format and is owned by The Worship Center of Kingsville.

Kuki Christian Church

A notable contribution by the KCK is in the area of music.

María Luisa Piraquive

She remains headquartered in the United States, but is constantly traveling around the world, visiting prayer rooms of the church and conducting Bible Studies, where she tends to sing a cappella Christian music.

Martin Alfsen

In the late eighties and early nineties, Alfsen began composing and producing for Master Music, Norway's leading company in contemporary Christian music.

Poor Old Lu

The band addressed hypocritical televangelists, drug addiction, sexual guilt, domestic unrest and spiritual rebelliousness in its lyrics, topics generally considered taboo in Christian music.

Pure Attraction

It featured the top five CCM and top twenty pop hit "Everything Changes", and featured seven songs co-written by Troccoli.

It saw her moving slowly away from Christian music and into pop territory, with two songs written by Diane Warren.

Talented 10th

In another interview on the Wade-O Radio Show, Sho Baraka explained that his motivation for the album was frustration not just with Christian music but with Christendom and the issues that are ignored and not addressed.

Tanya Riches

In 2003 Tanya became the lead singer of popular Christian Indie band 'Speaking of Sarah', she toured Australia's main Christian festivals, main staging at Blackstump and Easterfest (formally known as AGMF) before the band broke up citing "... it was time for a few of the guys to get serious about their work and family commitments, and it was just impossible to put the hours into the band that they had been up until that point.".

The Gabbards

The Gabbards host a three-day Christian Music event, the Gabbard Homecoming, at the Griffin Center Amphitheater in Falmouth, Kentucky each August.

The Kids Praise Album!

The Kids Praise Album! (aka Kids' Praise! 1 - An Explosion of Happiness) is an American 1980 Maranatha! children's Christian music album that features Psalty the Singing Songbook.

The Martins

The Martins are a Christian music vocal trio composed of three siblings: Joyce Martin Sanders, Jonathan Martin, and Judy Martin Hess.

The Morning Exchange

Robin Swoboda became anchor of WEWS's 6 p.m. newscast in 1999; she later served as a morning host on Cleveland Christian music station WFHM (95.5 FM) from 2002 to 2005, and then hosted a MX-style program on Fox affiliate WJW called The Robin Swoboda Show (originally titled That's Life) from 2007 to 2011.

Tim Malchak

In 2001, he released his first Christian album, Pathway to Glory, on his own Parable Records.


Let the Season Take Wing

Grant's involvement with Target met some controversy when some in her Christian music fan base disapproved of Target's association with Planned Parenthood.

Soul Purpose

Aimed at young people, the magazine looks to promote Christian values and morals, as well as promote Christian musicians, bands and writers.

The Golden Section

A progression from the sound of The Garden (1981), Foxx called The Golden Section "a roots check: Beatles, Church music, Psychedelia, The Shadows, The Floyd, The Velvets, Roy Orbison, Kraftwerk, and cheap pre-electro Europop".

The White Elephant Sessions

The White Elephant Sessions is a rarities and demo version album by American Christian band Jars of Clay, released in conjunction with the band's third studio album If I Left the Zoo.