Gospel Music
Gospel music has long played a central role in Pentecostal churches. In some cases, choirs from Pentecostal churches have competed in national contests. In 2010, churches participated in Verizon Wireless's "How Sweet the Sound" contest, billed as the "Search for the Best Church Choir in America". The UPCI's Atlanta West Pentecostal Church won awards for the Best Large Choir, Regional Winner, V-CAST People's Choice Awards, and the Over-all champion. The videos of these events can be found at the following links:
ATLANTA WEST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
- 2008 V-CAST People's Choice Award
- 2008 Large Category Winner
- 2008 Over-All Atlanta Winner
- 2009 Atlanta Over-All Winner/ Large Choir Winner/ V-CAST People's Choice Award
- 2009 Grand/ National Finale Winner/ Over-All V-CAST People's Choice Award
THE PENTECOSTALS OF ROYALWOOD
- 2009 V-CAST People's Choice Award
- 2010 Houston Over-All Regional Winner/ Best Large Choir/ V-CAST People's Choice Award
Other UPCI churches which participated in the competition included:
THE CALVARY CHURCH
- 2009 Detroit Large Category Winner and V-CAST People's Choice Award
- 2010 Overall Regional Winner/Large Category Regional Winner/V CAST People's Choice Award Winner - Cincinnati, OH
THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH -Auburn Hills
- 2010 Verizon's V CAST People's Choice Winner - Auburn Hills, MI
The Pentecostals of the Bay Area also participated in the choir competition.
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“Theologians should not be ashamed to admit that they cannot enter a contest with such antagonists [the sceptics], and that they do not want to expose the Gospel truths to such an attack. The ship of Jesus Christ is not made for sailing on this stormy sea, but for taking shelter from this tempest in the haven of faith.”
—Pierre Bayle (1647–1706)
“The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always greater than its performance—Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, for instance, is always greater than its performance—whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being performed.”
—André Previn (b. 1929)