Bishop Lester Love Enters Joint Venture with Music World
Gospel

Pastor and author Lester Love recently signed an exclusive recording agreement with Music World Gospel, in a joint venture with The Love Group, LLC. Bishop Love is the Senior Pastor of New Orleans-based church, The City of Love, where he serves and leads with his wife, Pastor Fran Love.

Love is best known for a YouTube video that received over 1.5 million
views. The medley features “arrangements” of songs inclusive of hits from Alicia
Keys, Luther Vandross and other secular entertainers.
“We enthusiastically welcome Bishop Love to our unique and diverse roster of artists at Music World Gospel,” said Mathew Knowles, founder, President and CEO of Music World Entertainment.

According to Church Growth expert, DR SAM CHAND, there are new “tribes” of church-goers:

• “Non-Member-Regular-Attendees”—people who regularly attend a church and may attend for an extended period of time, but have not chosen to become members; and
• “Bi-churched” attendees—people who share their allegiance with more than one church.
Furthermore, today’s churches have attendees with unique ways of thinking—natives and immigrants.
• Natives have exclusive and long-term membership in one congregation;
• Immigrants are shoppers for faith who seek short-term relationships with several congregations.

The Progressive Pastor understands that when he or she goes net-fishing, the catch will likely include all manner of fish. Pastors of growing churches do not wait for someone to become a member before they can be asked to serve.
I’m sure you know of churches where it’s “members” only. That means you cannot volunteer to sing in the choir, serve as a greeter or assist people in the parking lot unless you’re a member.
I think every church will sooner or later have to wrestle with the following question, “What is it that Joe or Suzie cannot do unless they are members?” This question, very difficult to answer in many cases will define the sphere and scope of how you discover, develop and deploy the people God is bringing to you.

BET Awards Announces Performers ?  BET has announced its performance lineup for the 2011 BET Awards. Performers for the event include Pastor Shirley Caesar, Mary Mary, Deitrick Haddon, Donnie McClurkin, and Mali Music along with Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Jill Scott, Chris Brown, and more.

This year’s event is hosted by comedian Kevin Hart and will air live on June 26, 2011 at 8p ET. (June 20, 2011)