It’s not a foreign concept for gospel artists to turn secular in music, but it definitely garners attention when a bishop takes the helm. Fort Worth’s Marvin Sapp has gone R&B – temporarily – with a ...

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: By the time Marvin Sapp was 10 years old, he was singing all the time. He sang in church. He sang R&B with his buddies. But then his mother told him he had to make a choice.

*Preacher and Gospel artist, Marvin Sapp is ready to turn the page after facing criticism. Recently, a viral video showed him asking ushers at a church event to “close the doors” until $40,000 in ...