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buzzz worthy. . . Charles Jenkins – who is currently riding the Billboard Adult R&B and Gospel Airplay charts with his urban inspirational smash “Winning” - is not slowing down.  Now, Jenkins has undertaken his biggest project yet by producing the hour-long musical television special “Holiday Praise.” Shot before an enthusiastic audience at the historic Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, the show is hosted by Jenkins and features unforgettable performances of holiday songs by Grammy ® Award winning artists such as Erica Campbell and Dorinda Clark Cole. Crooner Deitrick Haddon does a soulful version of “The Christmas Song” while Jonathan McReynolds performs to the strums of a guitar  while singing a spine-tingling rendition of “Mary, Did You Know?” Brian Courtney Wilson channels Donny Hathaway on his warm cover of the latter’s 1971 classic “This Christmas.” The program also features dynamic performances from hit makers such as Jonathan Nelson, Isaac Car...

buzzz worthy. . . Collaboration With Grammy ® Award Winning Producer Warryn Campbell Hits DSPs Everywhere On  July 22nd Billboard Magazine No. 1, multi-award winning recording artist Charles Jenkins (“#WAR,” “Awesome”) has teamed up with Grammy® Award winning producer Warryn Campbell (Kanye West, R. Kelly, Mary Mary, Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Hudson) to create a fresh new, ear-to-the-ground track, “Winning,” that is inspiring people to post #Handsup selfies all over cyberspace. “I wanted to lift people up with a different sound and spread some #positiveair on the the radio airwaves and social media,” says Jenkins who is pastor of Fellowship Chicago, a historic church in Chicago, IL. “There’s so much bad news, pain, negativity, violence and hopelessness in the world right now that we just wanted to send out some encouragement and remind everyone that they can win and be upbeat in this thing called life.” The inspiring head-bopper releases to digital service providers such as the iTune...

buzzz worthy. . . Pastor Charles Jenkins On Sunday, June 21, GRAMMY® Award-winning songwriter and Inspired People recording artist Pastor Charles Jenkins perform his latest radio hit – “War” (#2 on Billboard Magazine’s Gospel Airplay chart) on the finale episode of "Beyond A.D.," the first-ever NBC Entertainment Digital talk show companion series. The episode broadcasts 9am/8am EST on  NBC.com  and Pastor Jenkins will also perform his #1 2012 hit “Awesome” on the program.. Hosted by E! News co-host Jason Kennedy, "Beyond A.D." is a half-hour digital companion series serving as a discussion platform for fans, cast, producers, special celebrity and musical guests continuing the history-making impact of the NBC hit series, "A.D. : The Bible Continues" from producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey.