“Standing on the Promises”: the hymn written by a man who expected to die
"Standing on the Promises" was written by Russell Kelso Carter and published in 1886. Carter, a former athlete and teacher, wrote it after a serious heart…
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“Never Would Have Made It”: the Marvin Sapp song his wife saved for the album
Marvin Sapp's "Never Would Have Made It", from the 2007 album Thirsty, spent 43 weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart and crossed…
James Cleveland: the “King of Gospel” who built the modern choir sound
James Cleveland, known as the King of Gospel, founded the Gospel Music Workshop of America in the late 1960s and played on Aretha Franklin's 1972 album…
Ephraim Amu: the church musician dismissed for wearing African cloth
Ephraim Amu, composer of the patriotic song "Yen Ara Asase Ni", was dismissed from the Presbyterian training college at Akropong in 1933. His insistence on African…
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”: Charles Wesley’s wedding favourite
Charles Wesley published "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" in 1747. It is now one of the most popular hymns at weddings and is sung to Welsh…
“Be Still, My Soul”: a German hymn, a Scottish translator and Sibelius’s Finlandia
"Be Still, My Soul" was written in German by Katharina von Schlegel in the eighteenth century and translated into English by Jane Borthwick in 1855. It…
Written at a camp meeting in Maryland: “There Is Power in the Blood”
"There Is Power in the Blood" was written in 1899 by Lewis E. Jones while he was attending a camp meeting at Mountain Lake Park, Maryland.…
“Take my silver and my gold”: Frances Ridley Havergal and “Take My Life and Let It Be”
"Take My Life and Let It Be" was written in 1874 by the English hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal. Each line offers a part of life…
“Crown Him Lord of all”: the story of “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name", written by Edward Perronet, first appeared in the Gospel Magazine in November 1779, edited by Augustus Toplady. It is…
From the Christ Embassy choir to FreeNation: Nigerian gospel singer Ada Ehi
Ada Ehi, born Ada Ogochukwu Ndukauba in 1983, sang in the Believers Loveworld campus fellowship and the Christ Embassy choir before joining the FreeNation record label…