

It’s just helping our church further our mission. Now people are coming saying, hey, I heard your song, I didn’t know you had a church.
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If our livestream was doing 400 people before the music career, now you can see on YouTube it’s doing 30,000 to 40,000 people. What has the music recognition done for you and the church here in Birmingham? I thinks this gives us the chance to show how progressive our city has become. Everywhere I go, when I say I’m from Birmingham, the first thing people think is civil rights. It’s going to be a chance for the world to see Birmingham past civil rights. I’ll drive home early that morning because I’m performing for the World Games that Sunday. We have the Stellar Awards that Saturday. I’m excited to be performing at the closing ceremony. What I’ve been doing is everywhere I go, every chance I get, I’ve been trying to shine light on all that’s happening here in Birmingham, Alabama. I’m an ambassador and I’m performing at the closing ceremony. What’s going to be your role with the World Games? It’s been one of the best times ever at Rock City. We showed up at several Walmarts and paid people’s balances.
PASTOR MIKE JR CHURCH FREE
Easter weekend, we shut down several gas stations and gave away free gas. Rock City Church is doing better than ever, stronger, more volunteers. So, what I’m seeing is the music is helping me further, give me a bigger stage, to preach the gospel. This month alone, over 200 souls got saved. The blessing of the pandemic is that even when I have to be missing sometimes, things can be pre-recorded. Have you considered giving up preaching to focus on music full-time?Ībsolutely not.I was at the church this week. He said his phone wouldn’t stop ringing from people sending it to him, saying, “Have you heard this? Have you seen this?” That was great. He kept posting it and telling everybody about it. And he performed it with me at Super Bowl Gospel. Most people don’t know he’s a church kid. Yeah, he actually did a video I posted on my Instagram where he said it was one of the best things he’s seen this year. McClure talked about it with us.ĭid you get any feedback from CeeLo Green about turning his song “Crazy” into a song about faith? The Stellar Awards are July 15-16 in Atlanta, which means he’ll rush directly from the awards ceremony for the closing ceremony of the World Games on July 17. McClure is nominated in eight categories for this year’s Gospel Music Association Stellar Awards, including song of the year, album of the year and artist of the year. He also performed it on a 2022 Super Bowl Gospel concert special with CeeLo Green, who sang lead vocals on “Crazy.” McClure has been named an ambassador for the World Games in Birmingham, July 7-17, and will sing at the closing ceremony. The song was at number one for two weeks in May. McClure, who records and performs under the stage name Pastor Mike Jr., performed “Amazing” at the 2021 Stellar Awards, where he was named artist of the year. 1 song on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart with “Amazing,” an inspirational cover version of the Gnarles Barkley song, “Crazy.” Mike McClure Jr., singing pastor of Rock City Church in Birmingham, recently charted his third consecutive No. He’ll sing at the World Games closing ceremony at Protective Field on July 17. has been nominated in eight categories for the 2022 Stellar Awards, July 15-16. By Greg Garrison Birmingham Pastor Mike McClure Jr.
