Marcus Cole to Share the Stage with CeCe Winans on TBN Tonight

Nashville, TN (EMI Distribution/ www.marcuscoleministries.com) - Soulful singer-songwriter Marcus Cole will share the stage with nine-time Grammy Award winner CeCe Winans in Atlanta, Ga. tonight, June 20, 2006 on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the world's largest religious television network. Cole will perform his debut gospel radio single, "Bless My Soul," as well as his debut contemporary Christian single, "You're There," on the network's "Praise the Lord" program. Both songs are currently going for adds on radio stations nationwide. The "Praise the Lord" show will air today at 10 p.m. EST / 7 p.m. PST on the network's national and international stations. CeCe Winans will host the program, which will also feature Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award winners Pastor Donnie McClurkin and Yolanda Adams, along with Mercy Ministries' founding director Nancy Alcorn and more.

Marcus Cole, a Saginaw, Mich. native, recognized his call to ministry at an early age and has devoted the past decade of his life to refining both his ministry and his considerable musical gifts. As a respected vocalist, songwriter, musician and producer, Cole has garnered the respect of his peers within the gospel music industry, but it was as a member of the renowned gospel group Commissioned that his voice was first introduced to a national audience and left its indelible mark in the hearts and minds of countless gospel music lovers. With the August 1, 2006 release of his debut solo album, Write My Song, on PureSprings Gospel, Cole welcomes the next chapter of his musical and spiritual journey.

PureSprings Gospel, founded by celebrated singer and songwriter CeCe Winans, is a gospel record label creating music that aims to be artistically excellent and culturally relevant by partnering with highly creative people who are called to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the arts. CeCe Winans is the current co-CEO of PureSprings Gospel along with her husband Alvin Love.

Write My Song will be available through EMI Distribution. Additional information about Marcus Cole and his music is available by visiting https://www.marcuscoleministries.com or https://www.purespringssgospel.com.