Marvin Sapp
Marvin Sapp
Pastor Marvin Louis Sappis an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGospel Singer
Date of Birth28 January 1967
CityGrand Rapids, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.
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Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.
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My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not?
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Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
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We live in a world full of people who are ready to be uplifted.
Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.
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Marvin's Motivational Moments actually started as something that was actually therapeutic for me. I would sit up late at night after my wife passed trying to adjust to being alone.
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The Bible tells us that we're supposed to leave an inheritance for children.
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I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.
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When my wife got sick, I didn't understand why God was doing what he was doing.
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We as preachers/teachers/pastors have to figure out things to do in order to garner the attention of individuals and also keep them at our churches by making sure that we reinvent ourselves on a consistent basis.
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Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started their careers in the church choir.
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D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.
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Our job in gospel is not going away. It's a sustainable genre. It sells - without question.