Talk:Christian country music

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Gospel Country or COUNTRY-GOSPEL Music has been around for generations. It originated as a blend of early mountain music, cowboy music and the music from the plantations of the deep south. It was out of this blended music of America that Southern Gospel music was birthed, primarily in the southern states. Today, as Southern Gospel music seems to be waning in popularity, Country Gospel music has blended with a new brand of music called Christian Country music, and CHRISTIAN COUNTRY GOSPEL MUSIC is like a flower that's just begun to bloom around the nation and the world. It is music that deals with life's problems and God's answers to those problems, and it doesn't sound like the religious music of years past -- nor does it have the unpolished, raw sound of days gone by, but it has attracted extraordinary talent and quality in production, thereby making it pallitable to the ears of the un-churched who like the sounds of today's country music. It's becoming a tool for evangelism that's far surpassing it's predecessors, and you can hear this great music on many internet and traditional radio stations worldwide. One place you can go for addition details on how to hear this great music is the Country Gospel Connection at http://www.countrygospelconnection.com or CGCRadio at http://www.cgcradio.com.

No longer a stub
I feel that this is no longer a stub.

Merge suggestion
I was asked about the procedure for merging this page with Christian country music and have put notices on both pages to solicit comment. They seem closely related and thus I'd think one could be a redirect to the other. Thoughts? --CBD 17:35, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge I agree that these articles would be better suited to be merged since they have the same genre and data. It seems redundant to have two articles with the same data. Junebug52 1:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge I totally agree with the merger of the two articles, both cover the same topic and it would be much better to have both under a single article.  As to which title to keep, I'd keep "Christian country music" or maybe even "Christian country gospel" for a new title.... :)  I shoud add that the "Country gospel" looks fantastic, excellent work from some hard working editors!  Kudos!! Dreadlocke  ☥  19:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect - First line of the Christian country music article states:
 * "Christian Country music is a format of gospel music."
 * Similarly, the first section in the Country Gospel article begins:
 * "Country Gospel, a subgenre of gospel music with a country flair, also known as Christian Country or inspirational country."
 * I see no reason not to perfrom the merge as proposed. Since the Country Gospel article is in much better shape, I'd keep that as the main location and put a redirect under Christian country music.  Kudos to Junebug for wikifying the Gospel article! →Bobby ← 15:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Made change
Since the consensus seemed to be that the former 'Country gospel' article was substantially better, and the name 'Christian country music' is apparently more common, I moved that page to that name. We should consider what of the content from the smaller / less developed page should be worked into this article and thus that is included below. --CBD 02:26, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

See Other version. --CBD 02:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Cowboy Churches
I reverted the verification tag placed on this artcile in reference to the Cowboy Churches. The churches were designed around Christian country music. That genre is played in all of their churches and they hold services all over the country using Christian country as their main form of worship music. They even hold festivals and awards shows to celebrate Christian country music. Research dictates that this genre is a product of Cowboy churches.Junebug52 23:05, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

List of Independent Artists Removed for Lack of Notabilty
This section was removed because the artist that were listed therein were not notable artists. This article contains artists that are notable and have had vast history in the industry. After doing a Google search on each artist that was listed, they failed Wikipedias guidelines for notability. Junebug52 03:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Reverted last edit
I reverted the last edit about this article needing cleanup. This article is not very essay and fits within the wikipedia guidelines. This article is very encyclopedic. If you do not feel this way, please post your comments here and lets discuss this issue. Junebug52 15:27, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Random edits displaying POV
Editors, I love the fact that others are wanting to edit this article and make a real contribution. However, when adding material, please be advised that it has to be sourced and cited. Let's also keep in mind that POV has no place in these articles. I have to keep reverting the edits because editors are wanting to make statements without sources to back them up and using non notable sources to try and make their claims. Let's keep this article on a higher level. Junebug52 12:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


 * This thing still reads like an ad, just not an ad for a specific artist or album or song, but more like an ad for the entire format, which expects the reader to accept its assumptions with regards to the values the format espouses, such as faith in Jesus Christ. This is not the way that a presumably encyclopedic, NPOV ad should read.  72.105.76.57 (talk) 03:15, 31 October 2013 (UTC)


 * As of 2015, it still reads like promotional material. For example, "Today, Christian country music has blended with a new brand of music called Positive Christian Country music. The music tends to deal with life's problems and God's answers to those problems, and it doesn't sound like the religious music of years past. It has attracted extraordinary talent and quality in production, thereby making it palatable to the ears of the unchurched who like the sounds of today's country music. It's becoming a tool for evangelism all over the world and through it many churches have sprung up around the country with country gospel as their main musical format." Apart from being badly written ("around the country with country"), it's full of vague and unsubstantiated claims like "it has attracted extraordinary talent and quality in production...making it palatable to the ears of the unchurched who like the sounds of today's country music." This is not neutral or verifiable. There's no source, and it doesn't appear to be a quote. "Positive Christian Country" would be a genre, not a "brand," and in fact this is not a genre I've ever heard of outside this article. And how do you make the call that "it doesn't sound like the religious music of years past?" Wouldn't that be true of virtually all music, unless you're a Renaissance lute player? POV is also evident in the claim that "Many Christian country stations today are going the way of Internet stations. That is a positive move for this genre..." and there are meaningless phrases like "Christian country music has been around for generations." A very strange article.Sadiemonster (talk) 04:47, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Attention Gospel music experts
There is currently a discussion regarding the origins of gospel music on the Gospel music article's talk page. We are looking for any individuals with knowledge regarding the development of Gospel music (all forms including urban contemporary, Southern Gospel, traditional, etc.) to join the discussion. The resulting conversation will result in a rewrite of the article. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 14:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

What is this article about?
This article has to define what it is about. 1) A specific music subgenre developed by Mercy River Boys around 1979-1980, according to the article about them. Or 2) Country music with a Christian theme in general. Hymns and Christian songs have been a central part of country music from its very beginning with The Carter Family, and especially in the epoch of "classical" country up to, say, 1970. 31.209.252.40 (talk) 09:32, 26 May 2019 (UTC)Ingvar Åberge
 * It's neither, but closer to the second. There was no "beginning" or developing artist. Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:19, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

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