{"id":469360,"date":"2018-03-03T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/03\/money-isnt-why-im-going-into-full-time-gospel-chemphe\/"},"modified":"2018-03-03T05:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T05:00:30","slug":"money-isnt-why-im-going-into-full-time-gospel-chemphe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/03\/money-isnt-why-im-going-into-full-time-gospel-chemphe\/","title":{"rendered":"Money isn&#8217;t why I&#8217;m going into full-time Gospel &#8211; Chemphe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Friday,  2 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2018-03-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/19254910.295.jpg\" alt=\"Chemphechemphe\" title=\"Chemphechemphe\" width=\"295\" height=\"398\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Chemphe<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1520053230_534_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> R&amp;B and Afro Pop artiste, Chemphe has announced that he is permanently switching from doing secular music to Gospel. Perhaps this will not be a surprise to many people considering that he has become more involved with the things of God over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he is currently a minister of God at the Impact House, formerly known as Dominion Family Chapel at Community 25, Tema.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Showbiz on Tuesday, Chemphe real name Henry Agyekum-Chemphe, said his decision to drop secular music for Gospel music is not for financial gains but rather to bring people closer to Christ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know people will raise eyebrows about my decision but I am not doing Gospel music to make money.<\/p>\n<p>The Gospel music industry is not as lucrative as secular music so that cannot be the reason I have chosen to do Gospel music.<\/p>\n<p>I am fulfilling the calling of God in my life and winning souls for Christ and I am not going back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chemphe said he has always had a strong relationship with God which reflected in his songs but now he had been given his true purpose, which is to lift up worship in His name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been a Christian all my life this is why my songs were always clean and spoke about loving your neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>I also released several Gospel songs in the past and every album of mine has a Gospel single but since 2014 when I was ordained as a minister of God, I have decided to do only Gospel music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Why singer who kept quoting portions of the Bible said the journey so far has not been an easy one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a learning process for me both in terms of the overall experience as well as finding out what God wants me to do.<\/p>\n<p>I have learnt to trust Him and allow Him lead the way for me because doing things God\u2019s way is not always easy.<\/p>\n<p>These moments have made me grow and you can see that it is reflected in my songs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Chemphe is set to release the first single, titled Me Do Yesu off his upcoming Gospel album.<\/p>\n<p>Me Do Yesu is produced by Strawberry House Entertainment and mixed by Kaywa for Highly Spiritual Music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe single expresses a deep posturing of who I am with Him and in His presence.<\/p>\n<p>This is written on my heart as a daily surrender because I\u2019m totally surrendered to Him\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Chemphe came to attention with his hit single Why in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>He also has other songs like One People and Number One.<\/p>\n<p>He now joins artistes like Lord Kenya who is now a reverend and does Gospel music after a chart topping career as a Hiplife act.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: 35 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music of Friday, 2 March 2018 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2018-03-02 Chemphe R&amp;B and Afro Pop artiste, Chemphe has announced that he is permanently switching from doing secular music to Gospel. 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