THE REALITY OF DIVORCE  “HAS VISITED THE CHURCH”

As Divorce Rates Rise Among Christians, Influential Pastor’s New Pure Love CD  Shows Couples That Spirituality Is Missing Piece in Successful Relationships

“Reality has visited the church,” says Bishop David G. Evans, pastor of the 27,000-member Bethany Baptist Church in Lindenwold, NJ. “In the past, people were willing to maintain an image of happiness because of the stigma attached to challenged relationships in the church. As Christians we often concentrate on what should be and ignore present realities. Some people do not get married for the right reasons and problems result for everyone involved.”

Evans has compiled a CD of inspiring love songs entitled Pure Love (Abundant Harvest Entertainment) that is designed to remind couples that faith is the key to  avoid divorce and forge strong marriages. “Love is not just physical and emotional,” he cautions. “It is certainly a spiritual quality when it is right between two people. Much of what we hear on the radio today is not that kind of spiritual love. Real love, pure love, looks for the best and wants the best for those we love. It is time for music that speaks to our romantic interests without distorting the true meaning of love. That's what Pure Love is all about.”

Among the highlights is Stellar Award nominee, gospel syndicated radio and TV host Lonnie Hunter’s “In Your Face” that is being serviced to Urban Adult Contemporary radio while New Jersey native Johnnie Vaughn’s urgent cry for divine intervention “Change Me” is being pushed at gospel radio.  The Houston-based trio, Nash 3, contributes the poignant tale of a widower on “I Still Want You” that is taking off at country radio. Then, there’s Sam Mizzell, who has produced American Idol winner Jordin Sparks.  He brings the balmy “Baby You Got That Something” that is being worked at HOT Adult Contemporary and pop radio formats.
The 15-track CD is IN STORES NOW!!!with distribution via Universal Christian Music Group.

Bishop Evans, who wrote the best-selling book Healed Without Scars and the newly released Second #1 bestseller Dare to Be A Man (Putnam), says there is hope for estranged couples. “The problem can be reversed if people start with the right person and allow themselves time to get to know that person,” he explains. “A couple of years of conversation, experiences, stresses and observation are a small investment for a successful 40 year relationship.”