EMI Christian Music Group took home 13 Dove Awards at the Gospel Music Association's annual award show last Wednesday. The evening started off with a bang with the show opening performance of "Lose My Soul" by TobyMac featuring Kirk Franklin and American Idol's Mandisa and a full gospel choir dancing and singing in the aisles. ...

The new issue of Christianity Today magazine features an extensive cover story on the success of the Passion worship movement, its related musical artists, and the student ministry's exciting next steps. "Passion has not just shaped evangelical worship music, but a generation of American evangelicals," the magazine reports. "In ...

iTunes is celebrating the popular worship music of the Passion experience at a new centralized page on the site known as "The iTunes Guide to the Passion Movement." In addition to crisp categorization and easy links to every available Passion recording, there are also fun new "celebrity playlists" from Passion artists Chris ...

New tour info can be found in the hearitfirst.com news blog: http://forums.emicmg.com/blogs/hifnews/  

Read about the tour in the hearitfirst.com news blog: http://forums.emicmg.com/blogs/hifnews/  

A recent piece in the Mobile Press-Register offers a candid look at the How Great Is Our God Tour featuring Dove Award winning artist-worshipers Chris Tomlin ("Indescribable") and Matt Redman ("The Heart of Worship") as well as Passion worship conference founder and speaker Louie Giglio. "It is a night of worship to ...

PASSION 07 EP - PART 3, a digital download featuring exclusive music and spoken word content from the Passion 07 worship conference, debuted at #1 this week on the iTunes Christian music chart. At the same time, the set's predecessors remain in the Top 5 as well. The newest installment - PART 3 - features live performances of "Marvelous ...

Find out more about the conference and tour schedule in the hearitfirst.com news blog: http://forums.emicmg.com/blogs/hifnews/  

Read about the conference and tour schedule in the hearitfirst.com news blog: http://forums.emicmg.com/blogs/hifnews/  

EMI CMG recording artists Delirious? and Matt Redman are among the acts that will be featured on select dates of the Joyce Meyer Ministries Conference Tour that is scheduled to visit 12 U.S. cities several days at a time by the end of 2007. Meyer, a New York Time bestselling author, says "We are so excited to combine a powerful worship ...