By Mallory Mattingly
Christian Artist Natalie Grant is helping the Museum of Christian and Gospel Music (The C&G) open its doors in Nashville, Tennessee.
“[This museum is] long overdue in our wonderful city of Nashville. I just feel like it’s going to be such an incredible addition to what’s always been known as Music City. But a big part of the fabric of the music of the city is Christian and gospel music, and so it just deserves its spot,” Grant told The Christian Post.
According to Grant, The C&G has been in the works for decades.
“I have such an overwhelming sense of pride that it will be included right here in the heart of Music City, right next to the Ryman [Auditorium], right next to where all this history was,” she declared.
The museum opens on Oct. 3 and is “set to become a well-deserved addition to Nashville’s vibrant music museum landscape,” per The Christian Post.
“People look at the Ryman as the mother church of country music, but actually, the Ryman was originally a church that housed a revival,” Grant shared. “It’s beautiful that we’re showing the true history of this city, that there was a revival in this city before there was country music. There was a Bible before there were boots.”
“The GMA mission to Expose, Promote, and Celebrate the Gospel through Music is being fulfilled in this first-ever Museum of Christian & Gospel Music,” GMA President Jackie Patillo said in a press release. “Thanks to our Board of Directors, artists, and supporters, a team of experts have come together to present the many diverse styles including Gospel, CCM, Southern Gospel, Rap HipHop, and Worship, which will all be celebrated with the power of its life-changing message filling the air.”
Grant believes the museum will be a testimony of God’s faithfulness.
“People think they’re going into a museum and they’re going to see a cool thing from this person…and they’re going to walk through, but they’re going to see a thread. And that thread is Jesus,” she said. “Right in the midst of crazy Nashville, right, Broadway, all of the things, and they’re like — a lighthouse is going to be the Museum of Christian and Gospel Music with the hope and the message of Jesus in it.”
Grant recently sang the National Anthem at the Indy 500 at the end of May.
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“What an honor and a dream to sing the national anthem for the Indy 500. An experience of a lifetime!!!” Grant wrote in a post on Instagram. “Thank you for having me, @indianapolismotorspeedway. Forever grateful to the men and women who gave their lives so I can be free. #memorialday God bless America! 🇺🇸🏁”
Tickets for The C&G are now on sale.
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