GRAMMY Award-winning gospel group, Maverick
City Music, has included a concert in Ghana on their
highly anticipated Kingdom World Tour. The
contemporary worship music collective will perform
in Accra, at the ICGC Christ Temple East (Teshie
Rasta Road), alongside legendary gospel singer Kirk
Franklin, on Sunday, August 18,2024.
According to the organizers, the Accra concert is set to be a remarkable worship experience, designed to connect thousands of worshippers and gospel
music enthusiasts with God through powerful and
soul-stirring performances.
“We are thrilled to bring Maverick City Music and
Kirk Franklin to Ghana,” said the organizers. “This
concert promises to be a night of profound worship and spiritual encounter, as we come together to lift our voices in praise and seek a deeper connection with God.”
The Kingdom World Tour is a transformative global
worship movement, uniting worshippers in a
powerful spiritual experience. With a mission to
foster spiritual renewal and unity, the tour offers an
unforgettable encounter with God through soul-
stirring performances and heartfelt lyrics. The Accra concert marks a significant moment in the tour, as it brings the group to the vibrant and diverse worship community in Ghana.
Maverick City Music has garnered widespread
acclaim for their innovative approach to worship
music, blending contemporary sounds with
traditional gospel elements. The group has amassed a huge following across Africa in recent times, with their success stemming from their songs of faith,
inspiration, and their innate knack for breaking the unspoken rules that exist in the CCM and Gospel world. In Ghana specifically, they command a
significant fanbase, especially among young
Christian audiences
Meanwhile, Kirk Franklin launched his career in the early ’90s, leading the Texas-based choir The Family With a career spanning over 30 years, Franklin is
widely credited with helping to shape modern gospel
music.
His renowned standing as a leader of urban
contemporary gospel choirs has crowned him a champion of the genre. He’s reigned atop the Top Gospel Albums chart more than a dozen times,
delivering scripture-tinged lyrics for his own projects and contributing touching outros to popular artists’projects dabbling in the gospel genre.
