Chicago Tribune

Leaders at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Bronzeville get $2.1 million toward rebuilding the worship space and creating a gospel museum

The National Museum of Gospel Music is one step closer to becoming a reality. And it will be in Bronzeville. State Sen. Mattie Hunter helped secure $2.1 million in funding toward a $37.2 million plan ...
LAist

The Great Shrine Concert: A landmark gospel show, 60 years later

The landmark 1955 event featured acts like the Caravans, the Pilgrim Travelers and the Soul Stirrers — led by a young Sam Cooke. Sixty years ago this month, some of the biggest names in gospel music ...
The Telegraph

Hopes fading to restore historic church, birthplace of gospel music

A 1996 photo shows an interior view of Pilgrim Baptist Church during a service. Walter Kale TNS When a fire in 2006 nearly demolished Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago, an architectural treasure by ...
Times Union

Gospel music programs to air on WMHT

Pastor EJ Taylor of Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, a local church which is spotlighted in an upcoming WMHT program. TROY – WMHT Public Media plans a free, public screening for the premiere ...
Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Why black gospel music still matters despite the rise of contemporary Christian music

White evangelical churches have a music problem, and I fear it’s getting worse. This year, the National Museum of Gospel Music is slated to open in Chicago. It will rise from the site of the historic ...