Picture this: Gospel music legend Bill Gaither climbing onstage at a county fair to join the Oak Ridge Boys singing “Elvira.“ It’s one of the few non-gospel songs on a new Oak Ridge Boys DVD titled “A Gospel Journey.“

The Garden City welcomes gospel award winning artist Pastor Marvin Sapp. Pastor Sapp spent the day, Thursday, at local gospel radio station WKZK, where he encouraged listeners to keep the faith during this unstable economy. WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud had a chance to talk to Sapp.

Gospel singers yearning for a recording contract will have a chance to earn one. BET’s television show “Sunday Best” will kick off its four-city tour in Atlanta, searching for the next person who is looking to claim the title as America’s next great gospel singer.

He was a legend in the gospel music world, and he’s still a legend in his hometown. Monday, James Roy “Pop” Lewis, of the Lewis Family, was honored and remembered in Lincolnton, Georgia. Count on WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Joy Howe for the story.