{"id":112615,"date":"2023-10-20T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/20\/people-should-have-a-deeper-relationship-with-christ-before-writing-gospel-music-cwesi-oteng\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:00:41","slug":"people-should-have-a-deeper-relationship-with-christ-before-writing-gospel-music-cwesi-oteng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/20\/people-should-have-a-deeper-relationship-with-christ-before-writing-gospel-music-cwesi-oteng\/","title":{"rendered":"People should have a deeper relationship with Christ before writing gospel music \u2013 Cwesi Oteng"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghanaian gospel sensation, Cwesi Oteng, has opined that he does not support the idea of secular artists writing gospel music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent interview on Day Break Hitz with DJ Slim, the singer added that a secular artist must have a deeper connection with Jesus Christ in order to write a song for a gospel musician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, when secular artists don\u2019t have a great relationship with Christ, it impacts the songs they write for gospel musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cwesi Oteng added that in considering secular artists to write a gospel song, one should at least consider people who are respected by society for what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also made comments on Joyce Blessing&#8217;s new song, \u2018Victory,\u2019 which was written by highlife artiste Kuami Eugene.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cwesi Oteng added that the songwriter made a song that resonates well with Joyce Blessing\u2019s life struggle and as long as the words reflect positivity into her life, it is acceptable.<\/p>\n\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian gospel sensation, Cwesi Oteng, has opined that he does not support the idea of secular artists writing gospel music. 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