Grammy-winning singer Steven Curtis Chapman is in shock after his five-year-old daughter was killed after she was struck by a car driven by her teenage brother.

The Christian rock star's daughter Maria Sue was hit in the driveway of the family's home in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday.

According to the family's spokeswoman, Laura McPherson, the brother - who has not been named - did not see his sister. She said no charges are expected.

McPherson adds, "It looks like a tragic accident."

Maria was one of three children Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, adopted from China....

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Toby Mac, Kirk Franklin, Mandisa, Take 6, The Crabb Family, MercyMe and Chris Tomlin are among the first performers announced for the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards, today announced John W. Styll, president and CEO of the Gospel Music Association and executive producer of the Doves. Michael W. Smith, Brenda Lee and Bob & Larry from VeggieTales are among those slated as presenters.

The Dove Awards (www.doveawards.com) is Christian/Gospel music's biggest night of the year, where top artists from every style of gospel music come together for a national night of music and celebration as the ...

Gospel Music Channel (GMC), the nation's first and only 24/7 all Gospel/Christian music television network, gives rise to a new month of programming in April. The network presents A Commercial-Free Easter, says farewell to a legendary group while saying hello to a new one, presents four World Premiere Saturday Nights featuring premieres of new episodes of its popular Front Row Live and Hot List series, and features a daylong marathon of its first season of The Best of the Doves and more.

Gospel Music Channel will observe Easter Sunday, the most significant day on the Christian calenda...

Winter Jam Tour Spectacular 2007 wrapped up its 33-city run, with 268,473 in attendance, nearly 23,000 more than 2006's hugely successful tour, announced Troy VanLiere, partner in VanLiere-Wilcox, tour producer and manager for Integrity Music's NewSong, which hosted Winter Jam for the 11th straight year.

"Winter Jam certainly exceeded our expectations not only in attendance, but more importantly in the kingdom decisions that were made," said VanLiere. "In its 11th year, the reputation and branding of Winter Jam remains strongly established as an entertaining and inspiring event with to...

Honored as "Group of the Year" by the 2006 Covenant Awards and 2007 Shai Awards, Starfield continues to garner accolades, becoming today's most awarded Canadian Christian band. At the beginning of the month, they received a 2007 Juno nomination, the Canadian equivalent to the Grammy Award, for "Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year" for its current, acclaimed album, Beauty in the Broken. The album was also named "Contemporary/Pop Album of the Year" by both the 2006 Covenant Awards and 2007 Shai Awards, as well as received the 2006 Covenant Award for "Album of the Year."

The...

Happy Birthday to actress Jena Malone (1984), Major League Baseball slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. (1969), NFL star quarterback Troy Aikman (1966), Icelandic singer and former Sugarcube Bjork (1965), Desperate Housewife Nicolette Sheridan (1963), singer Steven Curtis Chapman (1962), comedic actress Goldie Hawn (1945), actor/director Harold Ramis (1944), bluesman Dr. John (1940), "That Girl" Marlo Thomas (1938), baseball hall-of-famer Stan Musial (1920), Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte (1898), and French philosopher Voltaire (1694)

Audio Adrenaline, one of the most successful acts in the history of Christian rock music, has announced plans to disband at the end of 2006. The quartet of Mark Stuart, Will McGinniss, Ben Cissell, and Tyler Burkum will honor its fans with a final CD/DVD release called Adios and select live events later this year.

The decision comes amidst physical challenges being put upon lead singer Stuart's signature rock voice. After years of giving his all onstage and in the recording studio, doctors say the strain his voice has endured will prevent him from continuing a consistent live performan...

Arriving, the current studio album from Sparrow Records / sixstepsrecords artist-worshiper Chris Tomlin, has reached the RIAA Certified Gold sales mark signifying over 500,000 copies sold in the United States.

Released in September 2004, Arriving continues to be a Christian music mainstay, delivering the hits "Indescribable," "Holy Is The Lord," "The Way I Was Made," and new single "How Great Is Our God." In relation, Tomlin was recently named the most played artist at Christian adult contemporary radio in 2005 by music industry journal Radio & Records.

Arriving has also received ...

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