Gospel Music -- Headlines Archive -- Entertain Your Belief

Now, the 17-year-old is involved in a legal battle with her parents, who are trying to regain custody of her after she ran away fearing that her family would kill her for leaving Islam.

"They have to kill me because I'm a Christian," she told Orlando, Fla.-based WFTV, referring to the practice of killing a family member who fellow members believe has brought dishonor upon the family, clan, or community. Story continues below.

Apprentice Turns Evangelist: Omarosa

Certainly not known for her global displays of clerical decorum, Omarosa Manigault Stallworth, of “The Apprentice” and “The Celebrity Apprentice” fame, is looking forward to a new chapter in her life that apparently involves the pulpit. Sister 2 Sister magazine scooped the story when Omarosa declared "I feel like God is calling me. He’s been calling me for two years and I can’t ignore it.” This is all good. Omarosa is not beyond the work of the kingdom. We are all not. I just need a little time to file my paradigm of her as a reality show villian trying to make a few bucks. God's speed Omarosa.

PJ Morton: Bishops' Secular Prodigy

PJ Morton won't be the first preacher's kid to sing secular music, and he isn't likely to be the last! Unlike those before him who were ostracized and condemned by traditional churchgoers and religious radicals for singing non-sacred sounds, Morton has decided to educate churchgoers rather than rebelling against them. The 28-year-old singer, who is the son of renowned pastors Bishop Paul S. Morton (Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church in Atlanta) and Dr. Debra B. Morton (Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans), has written a new book called 'Why Can't I Sing About Love?' that dispels the myth that all Christian singers must...

Jennifer Hudson Births A Boy

American Idol icon and cinematic darling, Jennifer Hudson, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy late yesterday. Named after his father, David Daniel Otunga, the little man weighed in at seven pounds, fourteen ounces. Jennifer and David are such a classic act. They brought pink and blue clothes to the hospital because they didn't know the sex of the child. A complete surprise for them. Awesome. What a crazy, life changing, season it has been for Jennifer Hudson. After the tragedy she experienced losing her mother, brother and nephew to homocide, Jennifer Hudson has rooted herself in faith and lifted her head up to embrace whatever God has in store for her. Good for her. I don't have any pictures, but just a imagine a cute, wrinkly, little boy, with a huge future ahead of him. Congratulations to Jennifer, David and David Jr.

Shacking Up In Style

A new national study suggests that the trend toward cohabiting continues its forward march for young adults, many of whom still expect to marry someday. More than three-quarters of 20- to 24-year-olds in the U.S. said they believe that "love, fidelity, and making a lifelong commitment are very important to a successful relationship." Women, predictably, aspire to marriage at significantly higher rates than men. Perhaps less predictably, married young adults tend to have negative views of living together with no intent to marry, even though (or perhaps because) more than half of them have cohabited themselves.

Bebe and Cece Closer After 15 Years

Thank God for technology. Never before have we had such access to the lives of our favorite personalities in gospel music. Bebe and Cece Winans are winding up for the release of a new album. It's their first album together in 15 years, and promises to be an amazing piece. The single "Close To You", already rocking radio and the video, has been produced already. Check them out on twitter.com/bebecece Beginning their career together in 1987, this dynamic duo has garnered many successes with the crossover hits “Heaven”, “Addictive Love”, “I’ll Take You There” and “I’m Lost Without You”. BeBe and CeCe’s 20 year career in music includes multiple platinum and gold albums in both the Gospel and R&B music genres, numerous awards including 5 Grammy Awards, 8 Doves Awards, over 12 Stellar Awards, 2 NAACP Awards, 12+ charting R&B singles, and countless #1 Christian and Gospel radio singles. Let's go in the studio as they prepare the acoustic feast for this fall.

Pop Songs Boost Bible Reading

Strange but true. With Bible illiteracy plaguing Christians in areas even where Scriptures are in abundance, one bishop is urging churches to use hit songs to help their congregants connect with the teachings contained in the Bible.