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4Him
4Him was an American contemporary Christian music group founded in 1990 in Mobile, Alabama. The group has ten GMA Dove Awards, Dove awards, a Grammy Award, Grammy nomination and three certified gold albums to their credit. The group was inducted into Alabama's Music Hall of Fame, following the awarding of The Governor's Achievement Award. The group has also been featured performers for popular Christian Evangelist crusaders, Billy Graham and Luis Palau. 4Him disbanded in 2006 to pursue individual careers of ministry and music. They have released 12 studio albums which have produced 27 number one singles. The group has made sporadic reunion appearances since 2009. History Andy Chrisman, Mark Harris (musician), Mark Harris, Marty Magehee, and Kirk Sullivan originally met when they sang together in Truth (American band), Truth, a Contemporary Christian vocal group founded in the late 1960s and directed by Roger Breland. Truth had a rotating roster of four male and four female voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mark Harris (musician)
Mark Harris is an American contemporary Christian music (CCM) singer and songwriter. He was part of the Chistian band 4Him. Career Harris began his music career in the contemporary Christian music group Truth (American band), Truth after graduating from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. 4Him (1989–2006) Harris is a founding member of the CCM male Quartet#Vocal quartet, quartet, 4Him, which toured and recorded from 1990 to 2006. He wrote or co-wrote 25 number-one songs. 4Him won eight Gospel Music Association, GMA Dove Awards, and were nominated for a Grammy Award for their album ''The Message''. Solo (2006–present) Harris began a solo career in 2005 and released his debut solo album, ''The Line Between the Two''. He followed ''Windows and Walls''. He won a GMA Dove Award in the category of Inspirational Song of the Year for his single "Find Your Wings". In 2009, he released a Christmas album titled, ''Christmas Is''. In 2011, he released his fourth solo project, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Season Of Love
''The Season of Love'' (also known as ''Christmas: The Season of Love'') is a Christmas album, as well as the fourth studio album, of the contemporary Christian group 4Him. It was released on Benson Records on October 1, 1993. Due to its original success among 4Him's works, the album was re-issued on September 30, 1996, with a new album cover and art. Track listing * All vocal arrangements by Don Koch and 4Him except "The Little Drummer Boy" by Bill Baumgart. Personnel * Numbers in parentheses symbolize track numbers. 4Him * Andy Chrisman – lead vocals (2–5, 7, 9), backing vocals * Mark Harris – lead vocals (2, 4, 5, 10), backing vocals * Marty Magehee – lead vocals (5, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals * Kirk Sullivan – lead vocals (1, 5, 9), backing vocals Musicians * Don Koch – rhythm arrangements (1, 4), keyboards (1), additional keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8, 9), programming (6), track arrangements (6, 7), acoustic piano (10) * Blair Masters – Hammond B3 organ (1), prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Ride (4Him Album)
''The Ride'' is the fifth studio album by contemporary Christian group 4Him, released in 1994 on Benson Records. The album reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top Christian Albums chart. Track listing Personnel 4Him * Andy Chrisman – lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 6, 10), backing vocals * Mark Harris – lead vocals (5, 7, 10), backing vocals * Marty Magehee – lead vocals (4, 9), backing vocals * Kirk Sullivan – lead vocals (1, 2, 8, 10), backing vocals * Vocal arrangements on Tracks 3 & 7-9 – 4Him Musicians * Peter Wolf – arrangements (1, 5, 10), keyboards (1), bass (1), multi-instruments (5, 10) * Michael Omartian – keyboards (2, 4, 6) * Don Koch – keyboards and programming (3, 7-9), track and vocal arrangements (3, 7-9) * Blair Masters – programming (3, 8) * Sheldon Reynolds – guitar (1) * Jerry McPherson – guitar (2, 4, 6), additional guitar (3, 7-9) * Tom Hemby – additional guitar (3, 7-9) * Michael Hodge – guitar (3, 7-9) * Bruce Gaitsch – guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Truth (American Band)
Truth was an American Contemporary Christian group, active from 1971 to 2001. Formed by John Roger Breland (a professor at the University of Mobile), the ensemble's name stands for "Trust, Receive, Unchangeable, True Happiness n Jesus. It was initially composed of some 15 members who toured extensively year-round, eventually recording frequently as well. It eventually expanded to 22 members and continued touring regularly for thirty years, dissolving in 2001. In 2000, the group was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Beginnings The youth choir at Spring Hill Baptist in Mobile, Alabama, grew over the course of two years from 8 youth choir members to 140 members. Fueled by the inspiration the new Christian contemporary music that was sweeping the country, Roger began laying the groundwork for a new touring ensemble with vocals and a live band with horns. Wanting to name the group something with a distinctive identity that did not sound preachy or worldly, Roger's wife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andy Chrisman
Andy Chrisman is a former member of the American contemporary Christian music group 4Him, a solo Christian music recording artist and a worship leader. Background Chrisman originally met the other 4Him members when they sang together in Truth, a contemporary Christian vocal group founded in the late 1960s and directed by Roger Breland. Representatives from a record label heard the band a few times and signed them to become a Christian band. Their first single was "Where there is Faith". After 4Him ended, Chrisman released his first solo recording, ''One'', in 2004. He has also been a worship pastor at Church on the Move, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2008, along with the Church on the Move Praise Band, he released ''Beautiful Name'', a live worship CD. Chrisman was briefly the worship leader at Celebrate Church in Celebration, Florida Celebration is a master-planned community (MPC) and census-designated place (CDP) in Osceola County, Florida, United States. A suburb of Orlando, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Love And Mercy (Kathy Troccoli Album)
''Love & Mercy'' is the seventh studio album by Christian singer-songwriter Kathy Troccoli. It was released on April 29, 1997 on Reunion Records. The lead single "Love One Another" features Troccoli and 40 plus Christian artists like Amy Grant, Sandi Patty, Michael W. Smith and Carman. The song was released commercially as a CD single on March 18, 1997 to Christian retail stores in advance of the album's release and the single's proceeds went to His Touch Ministries in Houston, Texas, which is a non-profit organization that was established to educate the church, provide support groups for HIV victims, create teams to visit AIDS patients and provide housing for men, women and children suffering from the illness. The album's third single "A Baby's Prayer" is a pro-life song that Troccoli and Scott Brasher wrote that explores the abortion issue from the perspective of an unborn child. "A Baby's Prayer" would give Troccoli her first two Dove Award wins for Inspirational Song of the Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Benson Records
Benson Records was founded by Bob Benson and John T. Benson, who formed the John T. Benson Music Publishing Company in 1902. The record label started out as Heart Warming Records, creating house labels such as Impact Records, Greentree Records, RiverSong, StarSong, Power Discs and Home Sweet Home. In the 1970s, Impact became the top label with artists such as New Dawn, the Imperials, J.D. Sumner & The Stamps Quartet, the Rambos, Dottie Rambo, the Archers, the Bill Gaither Trio, the Speer Family and Sandi Patty (her Impact catalog is owned by Curb Music). History In 1980, Paragon Associates formed a partnership with Zondervan to own/operate Benson Records. Paragon Assoc. was founded in 1975, by Bob MacKenzie and Bill Gaither (gospel singer). Paragon sold its interest to Zondervan in 1983, where under the leadership of Bob Jones, Jr. saw the Benson company grow even bigger in the 1980s. Artists included Gold City, The Kingsmen Quartet, DeGarmo & Key, Dallas Holm, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Word Records
Word Records is a Christian faith-based entertainment company based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Curb Records, and is a part of Word Entertainment. It is distributed by Warner Records (the former Warner Bros. Records). History In 1951, Word Records was established in Waco, Texas by Jarrell McCracken, Baylor business major Henry SoRelle and radio/television executive Ted Snider. The label's name is based on a 16-minute spoken word recording written and narrated by McCracken, the first recording released by the label, entitled "The Game of Life". The 23-year-old KWTX sportscaster in Waco had read an article by Jimmy Allen, a former athlete who became a Baptist preacher, and based his recording on the article which is also called "The Game of Life". The event is based on a full-length match, between the forces of good and evil, with Jesus Christ and Satan coaching the two teams. McCracken was familiar with play-by-play broadcasting, having created virtual baseball game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
My Utmost For His Highest (album)
''My Utmost for His Highest'' is the first of three albums of songs inspired by Oswald Chambers' devotional of the same name. The album, produced by Brown Bannister, features performances by popular Christian musicians of songs relating to a day from Chamber's book. It was the first album to receive the GMA Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. The two additional albums produced in the series were ''My Utmost for His Highest: The Covenant'' and ''My Utmost for His Highest: Quiet Prayers''. ''My Utmost for His Highest'' Track listing #"You Are Holy" ( Carolyn Arends, Mark Harris, Michael W. Smith) – 4:56; performed by 4Him #"Lover of My Soul" (Amy Grant, Michael Omartian) – 5:14; performed by Amy Grant #"A Man After Your Own Heart" (Wayne Kirkpatrick, Billy Sprague) – 4:31; performed by Gary Chapman #"You'll Be There" (Cindy Morgan) – 3:21; performed by Cindy Morgan #"Sometimes H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mylon LeFevre
Mylon Rae LeFevre (October 6, 1944 – September 8, 2023) was an American Christian rock singer known for his work with his band Mylon and Broken Heart. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and traveled around the United States, ministering, teaching, and singing. He occasionally appeared on television networks such as Trinity Broadcasting Network, TBN, Daystar (TV network), Daystar, and Victory Channel. Biography Early years Born on October 6, 1944, in Gulfport, Mississippi, into the pioneering Southern gospel family, The LeFevres, Mylon was the youngest son of Eva Mae and Urias LeFevre. When he was old enough, he began to sing and play guitar with the group. As a teen, LeFevre was expelled from a private religious high school when his father took him out of school to perform with the family at a local concert. When he was 17 years, he wrote his first song, "Without Him". While stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina in the United States Army, U.S. Army, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the List of municipalities in Alabama, second-most populous city in Alabama. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile metropolitan area. Alabama's only saltwater port, Mobile is located on the Mobile River at the head of Mobile Bay on the north-central Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast. The Port of Mobile has always played a key role in the economic health of the city, beginning with the settlement as an important trading center between the French colonization of the Americas, French colonists and Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans, down to its current role as the 12th-largest port in the United States.Drechsel, Emanuel. ''Mobilian Jargon: Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Valor Christian High School
Valor Christian High School is a private, christian high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. The school colors are Navy blue, Columbia blue, and white, and the school nickname is ''The Eagles''. Valor has four major focuses: Academics, Arts, Athletics, and Discovery (missionary outreach). Academics Valor Christian has been named a Blue Ribbon school twice. The first time was in 2015 and the second in 2021. Valor Christian was the only Colorado high school named as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2021. Valor Christian offers a variety of Advanced Placement (AP) courses as well as Dual Credit (DC) courses through certified local universities. As of the 2020–21 school year Valor Christian offers 21 AP Courses and 17 DC courses. Campus The Valor Christian campus is 35 acres, and consists of: an academic building with a library, labs, and 35 classrooms; the Valor Center for Culture & Influence, including a theatre, performance hall, and studios and classrooms fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
