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Shirley Caesar denies making anti-gay remarks
Shirley Caesar found herself in the same hot moisture that fellow gospel singer Kim Burrell was in this past week when a viral Facebook video seemingly showed Caesar defending Burrell’s infamous anti-gay sermon. However, Caesar recently came forward to clarify her words and deny that she ever said anything homophobic.
As previously reported, Burrell outraged fans across the nation earlier this month when a video surfaced of her telling church members that anyone afflicted with the “homosexual spirit” is “perverted.” She also made reference to Bishop Eddie Long’s reported illness as being relation for homosexual activity.
Since then, many celebs, including Pharrell, Yolanda Adams, and Janelle Monae, have come forward to denounce Burrell’s hateful words. Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres axed Burrell’s performance of her “Hidden Figures” song “I Notice Victory” with Pharrell on the show. And just within the past not many days, Burrell was uninvited to BMI’s Trailblazers of Gospel Music Honors and her radio production at Texas Southern University was dropped from their lineup.
However, in the midst of this major backlash, a video surfac
Shirley Caesar on Kim Burrell LGBT Backlash: You Should've Spoken Out When Obama Made It OK (Video)
By Christine Thomasos, Christian Send Reporter
Pastor Shirley Caesar says Christians are living in perilous times after fellow legendary gospel music singer Kim Burrell was publicly rebuked for condemning the sin of homosexuality in a sermon that was recorded at her church and made public on the internet.
In a sermon preached at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Maryland, on Wednesday, Caesar seemed to subliminally defend Burrell by speaking out against President Barack Obama's conclusion to support the legalization of queer marriage.
"I come here to tell you tonight that all of us own made a whole lot of mistakes," said Caesar, who is a pastor at Mount Calvary Pos of Faith Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the sermon posted on YouTube. "If walls could talk, if hotel beds could communicate . If you were going to speak something, you should have said it four years ago when our president made that stuff alright."
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Pastor Shirley Caesar Tells Her Story On Unsung
Gospel Queen and 11 time Grammy winner Pastor Shirley Caesar shares the secret to her 5 decades of ministry on season 12 of the award winning docu-series Unsung.
With over 40 albums and 11 Grammy Awards, Shirley Caesar is the reigning Queen of Gospel Music. Starting her career at 12 years elderly, she was a vocal phenomenon whose teenage talent earned her a notice in the trendy all female gospel group the Caravans, where she became a standout actor. In the first 1970s she won her first Grammy Award for a dynamic cover of “Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Human from Galilee,” and the hits continued with songs fancy “No Charge,” “Hold My Mule and “I Remember Mama”. But despite her success, Shirley always knew her experience was meant for more than melody, and in the late 80’s she’d taken on a second career as a pastor, preaching around the nature and starting her own church in Raleigh, North Carolina. With a career now spanning over 7 decades, Shirley Caesar has develop a living legend of gospel song, and shares with Unsung the triumphs and challenges of a life consecrated to spreading the Good News.
Unsung premieres the Shirley Caesar story on Pal
A Moment of Reflection With Pastor Shirley Caesar
Pastor Shirley Caesar is without a doubt a Gospel music legend and icon. With 40 records to date, 11 Grammy awards, 18 Dove Awards, 14 Stellar Awards and a 2016 star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the reigning Queen of Gospel took age to talk with GOSPELflava about the blessings of God on her life and ministry, her new album and took some time to dispense some excellent advice.
GOSPELflava: Pastor Caesar, what a privilege to talk with you. What can be said about your many years of ministry? Did you ever imagine that life would bring you to this point?
Pastor Caesar: I always knew that the calling of God was on my existence from a child. I used to lay up in bed at night and visualize myself singing and preaching and having a healing service with my mother at the front of the prayer line. But if anybody would have ever told me that I would be next in line behind Mahalia Jackson to receive a Grammy for Gospel music and vocalize for Presidents and heads of state, and travel overseas and do films and tv. I would have never believed it , never never never. I will add to this, that this is the Lord’s doing, and its just marvelous i