Bishop T.D. Jakes' Announces New Recording Venture With Rhino/WEA Entertainment

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Capital Entertainment) - Bishop T.D. Jakes, who was hailed as America's most popular preacher in a 2001 Time magazine cover story, has signed a distribution and marketing agreement between his Dexterity Sounds recording label and Rhino Entertainment, a division of the Warner Music Group. "What a pleasure and a privilege to record the Grace project in Kenya," says Bishop Jakes. "The CD will always remind me of the people of Kenya, and will stand as a stirring testament to our missionary work in that country and around the world."

In addition to releasing new projects by artists signed to Dexterity Sounds, the label will also actively develop a gospel music reissue CD series that draws on the music vaults of WMG labels such as Word Records, Elektra, Warner Bros. and Atlantic Records.

The new Potter's House Choir CD project, "Grace - Live in Kenya," is scheduled to release on March 20, 2007. Recorded live in Kenya, Africa before a staggering outdoor audience one million strong, the project boasts 13 powerful songs crafted for Sunday morning worship services. The lead single, 'Grace', is a congregational sing-a-long song featuring Bishop Jakes. It's being shipped to gospel radio while a video of the tune, is being sent to video outlets.

"We are extremely excited about this project," says Dexterity Sounds Operations Manager, Ivy McGregor. "The synergy of the experience is captured and felt in the music. We are passionate, dedicated and committed to this powerful message of GRACE reaching the world! Another highlight of this project is that it will benefit the S.O.W. [Save Our World campaign to bring more attention to the need for world relief in countries such as Kenya."

Bishop Jakes' Dallas-based Potter's House Church has a membership of over 30,000 members and a host of community-oriented ministries. He and The Potter's House Mass Choir have released three other hit CDs, including the Grammy-winning 2003 project, "A Wing and a Prayer." Based in Burbank, California, Warner Music Group's Rhino Entertainment serves as the central catalog development, licensing, soundtrack, and television marketing area for the corporation. Rhino develops, markets, and promotes both audio and video products from the vast WMG catalog and through new productions with established artists.