Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

do not want to cause doctrinal divisions and narrow theiraudience.Here’s another example of Don Francisco’s gospel. is isfrom his song “Give Your Heart a Home.”“If you are tired and weary, weak and heavy laden/ I canunderstand how it feels to be alone/ I will take your burden/If you let me love you/ Wrap my arms around you and giveyour heart a home.”at is not the clear, powerful message that the apostlespreached.Franklin, KirkKirk Franklin (b. 1972) took the Contemporary ChristianMusic world by storm. His first two albums sold a combined3 million copies.At age eleven, Franklin was appointed music minister atMt. Rose Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, Texas. It was then thathe began to write and arrange Christian music, and histechnique was worldly from the beginning. “My firsttriumph,” recalls Franklin, “was turning Elton John’s ‘Benny& e Jetts’ into a gospel tune” (“Kirk Franklin and theFamily,” http://www.gofishnet.com). We would not call that atriumph; we would call it a disgrace. Why do we need to takemusic created by a homosexual rock star and to turn it intosomething associated with the holy Saviour?In his biography, Franklin admits that he lived in deep sinduring his teenage years and into his early 20s, even whiledirecting music in churches and performing Gospel music ina wide range of forums. He fathered a son out of wedlock in1990, and as late as 1995 he was still living a promiscuouslifestyle. He formed a CCM group called e Family in 1992,and by 1995 they had produced two hit Gospel albums andhad won Dove, Stellar, and other awards. He was living infornication all of this time. Of those days he testifies:112