Shekinah Glory Ministry Set For Live Recording

For over two decades, the platinum selling, Chicago-based ensemble known as Shekinah Glory Ministry (SGM), has set the standard for urban praise and worship music. They’ve made anthems such as “Praise is What I Do”, “Yes,” “Fall on Me,” and “Jesus” universally known tunes that choirs and praise teams around the globe sing every Sunday morning. Their most recent live recording, Surrender, was released in 2012. Fans have been clamoring for a new album ever since and they are finally getting their wish. The legendary aggregation has set the date for the Fresh Fire Live Recording Experience on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 @ 7:00 PM CST at Valley Kingdom Ministries International, 5300 W. 151^st Street, Oak Forest, IL. There is no admission fee.

Thaddeus Johnson (bass player for Jonathan McReynolds, James Fortune & FIYA, Shekinah Glory Ministry) will produce the Fresh Fire project. The session will feature new songs written by a few noted tunesmiths, including GRAMMY® winner Jonathan McReynolds, Ted Winn of Ted & Sheri fame, and legendary songwriter Percy Bady who ghost-wrote R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” as well as hit recordings by R&B and gospel artists such as Toni Braxton and CeCe Winans.

Shekinah Glory Ministry’s 2001 breakthrough smash, “Praise is What I Do” (featuring Pastor William Murphy III on lead vocals) laid the foundation for praise and worship music in the urban church world. Their albums, Praise Is What I Do (#5 peak Billboard Top Gospel Albums) and Shekinah Glory Ministry Live (#3 peak Billboard Top Gospel Albums – 103 weeks on the chart) were both certified gold in 2005 and 2008 respectively. They also have three gold or platinum DVDs to their credit and their 2010 set, Refreshed by Fire, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart. They are equally known for their dramatic stage productions that showcase the colorful pageantry of praise dancers, minstrels, and banner bearers. Acclaimed film director Joel Kapity has just wrapped production on a riveting documentary series, Beyond the Praise, that chronicles Shekinah Glory Ministry’s many ups and downs on its way to the top of the Billboard music charts