The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced the nominees for the 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards and among the honorees is the 200-voice strong Temple of Deliverance Women’s Choir. The melodious ensemble has earned its first ever Dove Award nomination for its debut CD “Pastor Milton R. Hawkins Presents In the Sanctuary” (Habakkuk Music) that boasts the soul-stirring radio hits “Everybody Praise,” “Breakthrough” and “Keep Me Every Day.”
The choir is nominated in Category 29 Traditional Gospel Album of the Year where it will compete alongside projects by Donnie McClurkin, Dexter Walker & Zion, William McDowell, Dexter Walker & Zion Movement and Darnell Davis & The Remnant. The awards show takes place on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN at 6:30 p.m. CT. The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) will air the program in the USA and around the globe. For further information on the Dove Awards, visit http://www.doveawards.com/nominees/.
The twelve-track CD was produced by noted musician/ composer Derrick Starks and features the choir performing with soloists such as Grammy Award winner Karen Clark Sheard, Tamela Mann and veteran vocalist Lisa Page Brooks. The dynamic vocalist Carla Tolbert Taylor led the fiery radio single, “Everybody Praise.” It rose to #20 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart and led the CD to debut at #10 on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart. The equally riveting current single “Breakthrough” is led by Lena Starks and just debuted in the Nielsen BDS Top 50 Gospel Airplay Songs chart.
All proceeds from “In the Sanctuary” contribute to the choir’s donations to charities around the world. Over the last few years, the organization has donated thousands of dollars to cancer research and various global relief efforts (building wells in Nigeria, aiding natural disaster survivors in the USA and abroad). http://www.todcogic.org