Take a generous helping of soul…splatter it with bouncing rhythms, blistering guitars, engaging vocals, stellar musicianship and catchy pop melodies that make you want to move–all textured with the truth of God’s grace–and you have Royal Tailor.

Rarely has music collided with ministry in a more explosive mash up than on Royal Tailor’s Essential Records debut Black & White. Fusing pop, rock, R&B, hip hop and worship into a distinctive musical blend, Tauren, Blake, Jarrod and D.J. deliver the Gospel in a high-energy style that makes audiences want to dance, pray, shout and sing along.  Check out their new song “Make a Move” below.

The fiery host Jack Van Impe can often be heard predicted the end times on his hit show “Jack Van Impe Presents,” which airs on TBN.  In a report by The Christian Post, we find out that Trinity Broadcasting Network president Paul Crouch has recently denied claims of censorship for not airing an episode of televangelist Jack Van Impe where he disputed Rick Warren’s church-growing strategy.  Mega-church Pastor Rick Warren is best known for his best selling book “Purpose Driven Life.”

Impe withdrew his show, and ended his 23-year relationship with TBN last week as the result of the dispute with Crouch. Impe said afterwards, in his show currently available on the Internet, that Crouch’s decision to not air the episode was “because of a couple of cronies.”

A TBN legal department spokesperson told The Christian Post that the station would not comment on the specifics of the dispute. However, a statement by Crouch is available on the station’s website. Crouch stated that it was a program policy issue rather than censorship that led to the decision.

“It has been my position for TBN’s 38 years of ministry that TBN preach Christ only and that it does not become a bully pulpit for endless debate and/or criticism on/of various doctrinal issues among denominations, churches, ministries or individuals,” Crouch stated in his letter. “Specifically, it has been TBN’s policy not to allow its broadcast air time to be utilized for personal attacks by one Christian brother against another or to call them out by name.”

During the show in question, Impe said Southern California pastors Rick Warren and Robert Schuller were wrong for speaking at various faith-inclusive

conferences. “… Schuller was a speaker for the Common Word conference while Warren spoke at an Islamic event in Washington, D.C. last year. Wherever Chrislam or its equivalent are promoted, Christians should run for their spiritual lives and I’m really gonna spend time on both of these men for the entire program next week,” Impe said.

During Impe’s recent video-taped shows, he and his wife, Rexella, promote a DVD titled, “Reclaiming and Restoring Biblical Christianity,” and make claims that the methodology used by other pastors in “modern” churches is wrong. There needs to be a return to “old time religion,” the televangelist says.

Saddleback Church Pastor Warren’s The Purpose Driven Church book and model are prominently disputed in Impe’s DVD promotion and show discussion. Among the disputed elements that Impe says prevail in the Purpose Driven Church model, are contemporary, rock-style worship music and calling a church a “campus.”

Impe, who is based in Rochester Hills, Mich., states that his show has 16 other stations ready to begin broadcast in July.

“I will not stand to have my freedom of speech taken away from me,” he says in a recent episode. “God’s called me to be the prophetic voice and I will not stand down for any man, any church, any Christian organization.”

Impe’s last official broadcast on TBN was June 8.

TBN, based in Southern California, is the world’s largest religious network and reportedly America’s most watched faith channel. Its inspirational programs are geared toward those of Protestant, Catholic and Messianic Jewish traditions.

Music World Gospel/Interface Entertainment recording artist and international worship leader, Micah Stampley, will release his fifth CD, One Voice, in stores August 23, 2011. One Voice features 12 songs, including two interludes. The CD is produced by Micah Stampley and co-produced by Cameron Sankey. “Shout” and “Hosanna” will impact gospel radio in July. The title track, “One Voice” will impact INSPO and CCM radio in July.

Micah brings each track on the CD vibrantly to life—from the thumping, joyful world-beat of “Hosanna,” to “Shout,” a celebratory, praise and worship song that calls believers to action because of their victory in Jesus Christ, which is a song that will resound in congregations around the globe. In writing songs for his new album, Micah didn’t have to go far to work with his favorite collaborator. His wife, Heidi, co-wrote much of the album, including the potent title track, “One Voice.” “I wrote the music and Heidi wrote all of the lyrics for that song,” said Micah. “She began to write the lyrics of that song: ‘different colors, many expressions, but when we worship, we sing to an audience of one, we are salt and light, the world must see us unified,’” Micah says reciting the lyric. “It was just amazing to hear. She’s such a poet. I feel that ‘One Voice’ is definitely my best album to date. I hope that by listening to this album people around the globe will experience a spiritual awakening and renewed passion in their relationship with God.”

“We are very excited about Micah’s new CD project, ‘One Voice,’” said Mathew Knowles, founder, President and CEO of Music World Entertainment. “This project demonstrates the depth and versatility of his extraordinary talent and will be another milestone in his career.”

With a mix of international and national visits, Micah will kick off promo/concert dates in Africa, in Abuja and Port Hartcourt, Nigeria at the House on the Rock (June 24-June 26), where he will be performing songs from his new album. He will then head to London (June 28-July 1). After London, Micah will return stateside for the Music World Gospel Showcase at the ESSENCE Music Festival, where he will perform at the Ford Superlounge at the Louisiana Superdome on Sunday, July 3, alongside label mates, Trin-i-tee 5:7, Brian Courtney Wilson and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and showtime is 7:00 p.m. Micah will also perform at the Music World Entertainment/Beyond Productions booth (#220) at the Ernest M. Morial Convention Center on Sunday, July 3 at 11:00 a.m. Other scheduled performances/appearances include Walmart, Verizon, and SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio, among others. Following the ESSENCE Music Festival, Micah will perform and make numerous appearances during the International Auxiliaries Ministry Convention (AIM), July 5 through July 8 in Houston. Micah is also a staff member with the Church of God in Christ’s (COGIC) International Music department under the direction of Dr. Judith McAllister.

Named the 2004 Stellar Awards National Star Search winner, Micah Stampley is a musical prodigy who has been performing since the age of seven. He is widely known as an international worship leader and for his astounding bass-to-first soprano vocal range. In 2005, Billboard magazine placed him on its Top 10 Gospel Music Artists list and AOL Black Voices included him on its roster of the Top 11 Gospel Geniuses. Micah is married to Heidi, a kindred spirit with whom he now raises five children, ages six to 16. A partner in life and in music, they are the co-founders of Interface Entertainment and Operation I Believe, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, launched in 2006 with platforms that include humanitarian and outreach initiatives. Micah is a third-generation license preacher.

Lonnie Hunter continues his promotional tour promoting his new CD release.  The Black Smoke recording artist will visit Pastor Gregg Patrick’s ‘The Bridge Church’ located in Houston, Texas on Friday June 24th.  The concert is Free and open to the public.  Review the flyer below. Visit www.swcbc.net for address and additional information.

Yolanda Adam’s recently appeared on BET’s ‘The Monique Show’ hosted by Monique.  Yolanda says that she asked God for something special when Radio 1 gave her a nationally syndicated talk show.  Yolanda says that she gladly wakes up at 3:30 a.m. every morning, and that the show allows her to spend a lot of time with her daughter Taylor. 

Tune into the video as Yolanda talks about her new CD, clothing line, and her everyday life being a mother and Gospel singer.

Another high profile minister is weighing in on the Bishop Eddie Long scandal.  Bishop Paul S. Morton has decided to make a public plea to Eddie Long.  He wants him to show remorse or repent publicly so that the healing can begin.

Bishop Eddie Long is rumored to have settled with the 4 plaintiffs accusing him of

sexual mis-conduct for either 15 or 25 million dollars.   Morton joins a growing list of ministers speaking out on the issue.  Mega-Church Pastor Creflo Dollar came out in support of Bishop Eddie Long recently, while Juanita Bynum and Bishop T.D. Jakes chose to speak only to say that we all should pray for those involved.  

On Sunday, during his Father’s Day sermon Bishop Morton addressed Bishop Long’s lack of humility and repentance over his actions.  He acknowledges that Eddie Long, who once spoke to him, won’t return his calls.

Therefore, he is saying publicly that he wants Eddie Long to stop hiding his actions in silence. Listen to the audio below: 

R&B superstar John Legend stunned locals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by performing at a local church.

The star was a surprise guest at the Calvary Baptist Church in West Philadelphia and sang Aretha Franklin classic ‘How I Got Over’ with churchgoers.

The performance was captured on video, “I grew up singing and playing gospel music says Legend.”  “I played in a bunch of choirs as a kid, up through going to college.”  “I paid my way through school by being a director of music in church.”  

“A lot of the greatest soul singers in American history started in the black church.”  “It’s very obvious when you listen to gospel and soul music, you can see and hear and feel the connection. I haven’t performed in church for a while.”  

“I thought it’d be cool to go back in, do something that explored my roots a little bit, surprise the choir, surprise the church.” “It was cool, like the church calling out for me.”  “This has reminded me of my childhood.”

John Legend is on tour with Sade through September. 

Construction continues on The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC. The 28-foot-tall statue of the slain civil rights leader will be dedicated later this summer.

The dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in August may draw as many as 400,000 people — more than the 1963 March on Washington, organizers say.

Former secretary of State Colin Powell, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin are among the people expected to participate in five days of concerts, dinners, seminars and prayer services celebrating King’s legacy, says Harry Johnson, CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation..

The $120 million memorial, the only one on the Mall that does not commemorate a president or a war, will be dedicated Aug. 28, the anniversary of the march and King’s I Have a Dream speech, which drew an estimated 200,000 people.

Johnson says the National Park Service is planning for 400,000 people. Sgt. David Schlosser, spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, would not confirm that figure, saying his office does not give out crowd projections.

The memorial, designed around the themes of justice, democracy and hope, is on 4 acres between the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. It features a sculpture of King and excerpts from his sermons and speeches.

“This is the first time on the Mall that there will be a memorial dedicated to a man of peace, a person of non-violence, and to someone who was never elected to political office,” says Rep. John Lewis, a Democrat representing Atlanta. Lewis was a King protégé and one of the organizers of the March on Washington. “For the memorial to be literally between Jefferson and Lincoln, that says something.”

Organizers are in the final stretch of a 15-year fundraising effort, started by Alpha Phi Alpha, King’s fraternity. They have about $8 million left to raise. “I have to believe that as giving as the American people are, that they’re going to close the gap on this,” Johnson says.

The dedication will cap a five-day celebration. Actor Jamie Foxx and singers BeBe Winans and Lionel Richie have promised to appear, Johnson says. President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former president Bill Clinton have been invited but have not said if they will attend.

Powell’s office says he hopes to come, though his schedule is not firm for August.

“Dr. King held up a mirror to America and said, ‘Look at who and what we are. Is this the America we want? Is this the America our Founding Fathers dreamed of, even if they could not realize it in their time? Is this the America that is supposed to be the model for the rest of the world?'” Powell says in a statement from his office. “The answer had to be, ‘No!'”

Free events include the dedication and two concerts. Tickets for other events range from $85 for a “civil rights pioneers luncheon” to $250 for a gala at the National Building Museum. Other events, including a service at Washington National Cathedral, are by invitation only.

Evelyn Lowery and her husband, Joseph Lowery, will be at the dedication. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with King, and she founded a sister group, SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now.

“It’s a big project, and with the economy what it’s been, it’s understandable it has taken longer than expected,” Evelyn Lowery says.

“But it’s worth the wait.”

TV evangelist Creflo Dollar is looking to expand his ministries to the Bronx, New York by purchasing the Kingsbridge Armory.  Dollar recently made a proposal to finance the development of the 5-acre facility.

Dollar “wants to turn it into a multi-use facility,” one source told the NYPost.com. “He’s got a huge following and needs an arena.”  Dollar offered to put up his own money for the renovations, the only bidder to do so.  

The proposal is coming with it’s share of criticism because the facility is currently city-owned.  The city recently blocked plans for a major company to build a $310 million dollar retail development.

If approved, Dollar would keep his other church location in Georgia which seats 8,500 people.

Some of the proponents against Dollar argue that a church can’t create enough jobs, and site Creflo Dollars’ prosperity teaching and extravagant lifestyle.  Dollar travels in a gulfstream jet, and brings in more then $65 million dollars a year through his ministries.  

The property would serve as a arena for rent, and a worship center.

Click Here to read the full story by the New York Post. 

So, the question comes; can your now handle the opportunity that will take you from where you are to where you are destined to be? It seems that we have neglected our now while trying to get to our future. It is important for us to understand that the only way to get to that elusive there is to be a good steward of here. That means that we must find ourselves being faithful in the areas that God has placed us in. It is never wrong to want more but we can’t let work go undone while aspiring to go somewhere else. We have to take on the mindset that where I am now will help me for where I am soon to go. There are crucial lessons that we are missing because we don’t value our now. When we excuse the current place God has us; we also excuse the preparation that comes with that place. You’d be surprised how much easier transition would be if you would be diligent concerning the things that you are already doing.

It would be ashamed for promotion to come with you out of position. Humble yourself and be found faithful doing what God has called you to do. When it is time for God to bring you into the next place, He will. At my job, there is a thing called releasability. This comes into play when employees are trying to post out of certain departments. In order for an employee to apply, their supervisor must deem them releasable. There are a lot of factors as to why this rule is in place. However, one of the factors really spoke to me. Supervisors don’t want to give other departments people who are not going to benefit them. So, if the opportunity of a life time came, would you be releasable? Would God allow you to go forward or would he think of you as unbeneficial? Be diligent! Stay on the Path!

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 About the Author: Path contributing writer Calvin Walker has been writing editorial content for Path MEGAzine since 2007.  Calvin’s ability to break down the word of God with thought provoking analogies and real life analysis makes an impact on Christians seeking a closer walk with God.  An accomplished author, Walker released his debut book titled “The Gallery” early 2010.  Click here to read excerpts and purchase Walkers’