PHONE: (313) 593-5644
DATE: Oct. 22, 2004
'An Evening with Pastor Marvin L. Winans' at UM-Dearborn
DEARBORN---"An Evening with Pastor Marvin L. Winans" will
be presented at the University of Michigan-Dearborn at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 10 in Room 1030 of the campus's College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
Building.
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Marvin Winans
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Three generations of the Winans family have recorded and have collectively
earned more than 20 Grammy Awards and other prestigious citations. The
recording entities in the family include: The Winans, the four brothers,
including Marvin Winans, who were the first to gain international attention;
the parents of the 10 Winans' siblings, Delores and David, Sr., known
the world over as "Mom and Pop" Winans; BeBe and CeCe Winans;
and The Winans Phase 2, consisting of four of the sons and nephews of
The Winans.
Winans, who is founder and pastor of Perfecting Church in Detroit, will
speak about "Detroit, Gospel Music and the Winans Family."
The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University's
Religion and African American Culture Lecture Series, which is sponsored
by the African and African American Studies Program and Center for the
Study of Religion and Society at UM-Dearborn. A reception will follow
the presentation.
"With the rise in the 1980s and 1990s of the controversial urban
contemporary gospel sound, with its street beats, everyday language, and
'secular' instrumentation, the Motor City became recognized as a major
hub of Black sacred music," according to Deborah Smith Pollard, director
of the African and African-American Studies program at UM-Dearborn. "We
are delighted to have Pastor Winans as part of our series. We look forward
to hearing his perspective on why and how Detroit and the Winans family
came to be dominant forces in creating gospel music that 'crossed over'
into other communities on this continent and around the world."
Established with eight members in the basement of Winans' home, Perfecting
Church held its first official service on May 27, 1989. Since then, the
church has grown into a ministry with more than 3,000 members.
The congregation has many outreach programs, including the Perfecting
Community Development Corporation, which launched the Marvin L. Winans
Academy of Performing Arts, the Amelia Agnes Transitional Home for Women,
and
the Jenesta McCraw Youth Activity Center.
"An Evening with Pastor Marvin L. Winans" is supported by Diversity
Challenge Grants from the UM-Dearborn Office of the Provost and the King/Chavez/Parks
Initiative.
For more information, contact Pollard at (313) 593-5213 or debpoll@umd.umich.edu
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