Singer Matthew West takes shares his book on identity. A police officer walks off the job to pursue his true passion with Revival Music. And actors Ashley Blaine Featherson and Brian White take us inside this year's MegaFest.
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Efrem: SECONDS AWAY
ON "STUDIO 5"...
* HELLO, MY NAME IS
REGRET *
* I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE
MET *
Efrem: SONGWRITER
MATTHEW WEST TAKES US
INSIDE THE PAGES OF HIS
BOOK ON IDENTITY.
Efrem: YOU LOSE YOUR
VOICE, YOU LOSE YOUR
ABILITY TO WRITE SONGS,
WHO WOULD MATT BE?
THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION.
Efrem: ALSO AHEAD...
*
Efrem: ...A TALK WITH
A STRANGER PUSHES A POLICE
OFFICER TO FOLLOW HIS TRUE
PASSION.
WHAT IF I PURSUED
MUSIC?
Efrem: AND THEN...
READY OR NOT, HERE I
COME.
Efrem: ...WE'RE GOING
INSIDE BISHOP T.D. JAKES'
MASSIVE CELEBRATION OF
FAITH, FAMILY, AND FILM.
"STUDIO 5" STARTS NOW.
*
Efrem: AND WELCOME TO
"STUDIO 5."
WE HAVE MORE ON THOSE
STORIES IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT, FIRST, WE WANT TO
BEGIN WITH YOUR WEEKLY
COUNTDOWN OF THE FIVE BEST
HEADLINES IN UPLIFTING
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.
HERE ARE THE FIRST TWO.
AT NUMBER FIVE...INUIT...
WHAT'S UP?
Efrem: ...THE B.E.T.
AWARDS ARE HANDED OUT,
WITH CHANCE OF RAPPER
TAKING HOME BEST NEW
ARTIST AND THE
HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR HIS
RAISING MILLIONS TO HELP
CHILDREN IN CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
THANK GOD!
[APPLAUSE]
[CHEERING]
THANK YOU, JESUS!
Efrem: AT NUMBER
FOUR...
*
Efrem: TWO
UNFORGETTABLE TALENT
COMPETITIONS.
16-YEAR-OLD JADEN GREY ON
ABC'S "BOY BAND."
* HALLELUJAH
* HALLELUJAH
* HALLELUJAH
* HALLELUJAH
YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU
WERE HAVING FUN OUT THERE.
I WAS SINGING FOR
JESUS.
IF I'M SINGING FOR JESUS,
I'M HAVING FUN, YOU KNOW?
YOU'VE GOT A SERIOUS
ANOINTING.
YOU SING WITH A LOT OF
POISE.
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A
GOD-GIVEN GIFT, BUT,
HONESTLY, SOME OF THE MOST
AMAZING POP SINGERS HAVE
COME FROM THE GOSPEL
WORLD.
THANK YOU, JADEN, THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
Efrem: AND THIS
29-YEAR-OLD ON NBC'S
"AMERICA'S GOT TALENT."
I WAS IN A PLANE CRASH
WHEN I WAS 16 YEARS O OLD IN
NIGERIA.
IT TOOK THE LIVES OF 109
PASSENGERS, AND I WAS ONE
OF THE TWO SURVIVORS.
*
WHILE LYING IN THE
HOSPITAL BED BANDAGED HEAD
TO FOOT, NOT BEING ABLE TO
MOVE OR DO ANYTHING ELSE,
MUSIC WAS MY ESCAPE.
AND THAT'S WHY IT MEANS SO
MUCH TO ME.
* PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE IN
MYSTERIOUS WAYS *
* MAYBE JUST A TOUCH OF A
HAND *
* ME, I FALL IN LOVE WITH
YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY *
* I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU
I AM *
Efrem: AND WE'LL GET
BACK TO THE COUNTDOWN IN
JUST A BIT.
> MATTHEW WEST IS AN
ARTIST WHO KNOWS A THING
OR TWO ABOUT IDENTITY.
HIS LATEST PROJECT IS
CALLED "HELLO, MY NAME
IS."
I SAT DOWN WITH HIM TO
TALK ABOUT HIS BOOK, HIS
MUSIC, AND HIS JOURNEY TO
DISCOVERING HIS TRUE
PURPOSE.
* HELLO, MY NAME IS
REGRET *
* I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE
MET *
Efrem: WHAT DOES AN
AWARD-WINNING CHRISTIAN
SINGER AND SONGWRITER KNOW
ABOUT STRUGGLING TO FIND
IDENTITY?
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN
LIFE, WE'RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHO WE ARE,
WHAT SETS US APART, WHAT
OUR IDENTITY IS TO THE
WORLD.
I HAD THIS IMAGE OF IT IS
AS IF ON THE DAY YOU'RE
BORN, A NURSE JUST SLAPS A
NAME TAG RIGHT ON YOUR
ONESIE, AND THEY PUSH YOU
OUT THE DOOR AND SAY, GOOD
LUCK KID.
GO NAKE MAKE A NAME FOR
YOURSELF.
I SPENT MUCH OF MY LIFE
THINKING IT IS UP TO ME TO
FILL IN THAT BLANK SPACE
ON MY NAME TAG.
HELLO, MY NAME IS...AND
WHAT CAN I PUT THERE THAT
WILL SET ME APART.
SO MY DREAMS OF MUSIC AND
MUCH OF THAT WAS A PURSUIT
FOR ME TO FIND AN
IDENTITY.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
STRUGGLES I'VE HAD IS
REALIZING THAT I'M NOT
DEFINED BY THE MUSIC I
MAKE OR HOW MANY PEOPLE
COME TO MY CONCERTS OR IF
MY SONG IS A HIT OR NOT A
HIT.
BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS
THAT IS JUST NOT SOLID
ENOUGH FOOTING TO PLACE MY
IDENTITY.
I'VE TRIED.
Efrem: WHAT WERE SOME
OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO
YOU COMING TO THIS
CONCLUSION?
I'M STILL COMING TO
THAT CONCLUSION.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS A
LIFE-LONG JOURNEY.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE A DAILY
REMINDER.
I FEEL LIKE I NEED AN
HOURLY REMINDER.
OH, WAIT, I KNOW WHO I AM
BECAUSE OF WHO GOD SAYS I
AM.
THE MORE I DIG INTO
SCRIPTURE IS THE CLOSEST
I'M GOING TO GET.
SPENDING MY TIME READING
SCRIPTURE, GETTING CLOSE
TO THE GOD WHO MADE ME --
THE DEVIL GOES TO WORK ON
A CHRISTIAN JUST LIKE HE
DOES ANYBODY ELSE.
THERE IS A WAR, AND WE'RE
FIGHTING FOR A SACRED
SPACE, BUT I'M LIVING
PROOF THAT GRACE ONCE
EVERY TIME.
MOMENTS BEFORE I WALK ON
STAGE, I HEAR THIS VOICE
SAY, MAN, MATTHEW, WHO DO
YOU THINK YOU ARE?
YOU'RE GOING OUT THERE AND
YOU'RE GOING TO SING SONGS
ABOUT GOD'S GRACE, AND IF
THESE PEOPLE KNEW THE HALF
OF IT, IF THEY KNEW WHO
YOU REALLY WERE, HOW
MESSED UP YOU ARE, HOW
MANY TIMES YOU MADE
MISTAKES, WHAT YOU DID
BACK THEN, THIS, THAT AND
THE OTHER -- YOU'RE
UNQUALIFIED.
THOSE CAN BE DEFEATING
BLOWS AS I'M ABOUT TO GO
ON STAGE AND MINISTER TO
PEOPLE.
AND YET THERE COMES A
WHISPER OF TRUTH, WHICH IS
FROM THE GOD WHO MADE ME,
THE GOD WHO KNOWS ME, THE
GOD WHO SENT HIS SON TO
DIE ON A CROSS FOR ME SO I
WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE OWNED
BY THOSE LIES ANYMORE, AND
I HAVE THAT MOMENT WHERE I
CRY OUT TO GOD AND SAY,
GOD, I NEED YOU.
YOU'RE THE ONLY REASON I
CAN GET OUT THERE AND SING
SONGS ABOUT GRACE.
* THERE IS A WAR BETWEEN
GUILT AND GRACE *
* AND THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR
A SACRED SPACE *
* BUT I'M LIVING PROOF
GRACE WINS EVERY TIME *
*
Efrem: WHAT WAS THE
PROCESS LIKE TO GET TO THE
POINT OF BEING SO
VULNERABLE AND OPEN?
WRITING A SONG ABOUT
BEING A CHILD OF THE ONE
TRUE KING, THAT'S ONE
THING.
I'VE BEEN, OVER THE YEARS,
HONING THE CRAFT OF
LEARNING HOW TO TELL A
STORY IN A THREE-MINUTE
SONG AND MAKE IT RHYME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
LORD STARTS PUTTING A
DREAM ON MY HEART TO
EXPAND THAT WRITING AND
WRITE A BOOK.
AND HERE I'M WRITING A
BOOK, "HELLO, MY NAME IS."
AND THAT MEANS I HAVE TO
GET TRUE ABOUT MYSELF.
I CAN'T WRITE A BOOK ABOUT
FINDING YOUR IDENTITY IF I
HAVEN'T FOUND MINE.
AND SO REALLY THE
BOOK-WRITING PROCESS KIND
OF FORCED ME TO DIG IN AND
TO BE REAL AND BE
AUTHENTIC.
IT'S FUNNY, I SHARED THE
BOOK WITH MY MOM, CHAPTER
BY CHAPTER, BECAUSE THIS
BOOK IS KIND OF HER FAULT.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT,
YOU CAN BLAME HER.
SHE CALLED ME YEARS AGO
AND SAID SHE'D BEEN
PRAYING FOR ME.
AND SHE SAID, THE LORD PUT
ON MY HEART THAT YOU'RE
NOT JUST GOING TO BE
WRITING SONGS TO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE WRITING
BOOKS, TOO.
SO AS I WAS WRITING IT, I
WOULD SHARE CHAPTERS WITH
HER.
AND WHEN THE BOOK WAS ALL
DONE, SHE SAID, I'VE READ
IT THREE TIMES.
AND SHE SAID, I'M PROUD OF
YOU.
AND I SAID, WHY IS THAT?
AND SHE SAID, BECAUSE YOU
WERE AUTHENTIC.
Efrem: WHEN YOU SIT
AND LOOK BACK ON YOUR LIFE
NOW, WOULD YOU BE
SURPRISED THAT YOU WOULD
BE SITTING HERE AN AUTHOR?
YEAH.
I THOUGHT I WOULD BE
GETTING INTERVIEWED
BECAUSE I HIT 600 HOMERUNS
AND WAS ON THE WAY TO THE
MAJOR LEAGUE HALL OF FAME.
THAT WAS MY DREAM,
ACTUALLY.
THIS IS A NEW DREAM FOR
ME.
AND I FEEL LIKE GOD
CONTINUALLY SHOWS ME THAT
HE DOESN'T JUST TAKE ONE
PATH FOR US, AND THEN HE
STOPS DREAMING FOR US.
IT'S A LOT OF WE STOP
DREAMING.
AND I DO FEEL LIKE A LOT
OF PEOPLE I MEET, AND IN
MY OWN LIFE -- IT'S KIND
OF GET IN YOUR LANE AND
THIS IS IT, THAT IS WHAT
GOD HAS FOR ME.
WE KIND OF DRAW MUCH
CLEARER LINES AROUND HOW
GOD IS GOING TO USE US
THAN GOD REALLY INTENDS
FOR US TO DO.
EVERY TIME I'VE SORT OF
DRAWN THE CIRCLE AND SAY,
THIS IS WHERE I LIVE, GOD
SAYS, NO, NO, NO.
IT IS LIKE JESUS WHEN HE
KNELT DOWN AND WROTE IN
THE SAND IN FRONT OF THE
WOMAN WHO WAS CAUGHT IN
ADULTERY.
I FEEL JESUS REACHING DOWN
AND WIPING AWAY THE LINES
THAT I'VE DRAWN.
SO EVERY TIME I THINK I
KNOW HOW HE IS GOING TO
USE ME, OKAY, WELL NOW I'M
A SINGER.
NO, NO, HE'S GOING TO USE
ME AS A SONGWRITER.
AND NOW I'M WRITING A
BOOK.
AND THEN YOU REALIZE,
THERE IS NO LIMIT.
THERE IS NO BORDER.
Efrem: THINK ABOUT
THIS: YOU LOSE YOUR VOICE,
YOU LOSE YOUR ABILITY TO
WRITE SONGS, WHO WOULD
MATTHEW WEST BE?
THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION.
IF I LOST MY VOICE AND MY
ABILITY TO WRITE SONGS,
WHO WOULD I BE?
I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION ONCE
BEFORE, AND I PANICKED THE
FIRST TIME BECAUSE I WAS
FACED WITH THAT.
MY VOICE IS GONE, I WENT
UNDER THE KNIFE, AND GOD
TOLD ME I MIGHT NOT SING
AGAIN.
I REMEMBER MAKING A LIST
OF OTHER CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE I
THOUGHT I WAS DONE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS.
AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY I
DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION THEN.
BUT NOW I DO FEEL LIKE I
HAVE THE ANSWER.
THE ANSWER IS: IF ONE
DREAM GOES AWAY, I'VE
LEARNED ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT GOD DOESN'T STOP
DREAMING FOR ME.
HE HAS A NEW DREAM.
WHATEVER HE LED ME TO,
VOICE OR NO SAYS, " NO VOICE, SONG OR
NO SONG -- HE HAS BLESSED
ME WITH A BEAUTIFUL WIFE
AND TWO BEAUTIFUL KIDS.
I LOVE HELLO, MY NAME IS
DAD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS HUSBAND.
THOSE THINGS MEAN MORE TO
ME THAN HIT-MAKER.
I'VE SEEN THINGS WIPED OFF
MY NAME TAG IN THE PAST.
AND I THINK I WOULD BE
OKAY IF IT WAS GONE
TOMORROW BECAUSE I'M
LEARNING MORE AND MORE
EVERY DAY TO PUT ALL OF MY
WEIGHT ON THAT IDENTITY IN
CHRIST.
Efrem: MATTHEW'S BOOK
IS CALLED "HELLO, MY NAME
IS," AND IT'S AVAILABLE
WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.
> STILL AHEAD ON "STUDIO
5"...
I WAS JUST GOING DOOR
TO DOOR, HANGING SUBPOENAS
ON THE DOOR, AND THERE WAS
AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO WAS
JUST WATCHING ME FROM HIS
FRONT PORCH, ROCKING BACK
AND FORTH.
Efrem: THE UNEXPECTED
MEETING THAT PUSHED THIS
POLICE OFFICER OFF THE
FORCE.
*
Efrem: AND ON TO THE
PIANO.
Efrem: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "STUDIO 5."
LET'S CONTINUE OUR
COUNTDOWN OF THE BEST AND
UPLIFTING ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS. HERE ARE
HERE ARE THE NEXT TWO IN
THE RUNDOWN.
AT NUMBER THREE...
I DREAMED OF THIS DAY
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID.
AND IT'S HERE.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO
THANK GOD FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
RAIDERS' ORGANIZATION.
Efrem: DERRICK CARR
INKS A RECORD-SETTING,
FIVE-YEAR $125 MILLION
CONTRACT EXTENSION.
AND HE SHARES A POWERFUL
MONEY LESSON.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR ME, FOR THE KIDS OUT
THERE WATCHING THIS, FOR
THEM TO KNOW I NEVER
CHASED THE MONEY IN THIS
WHOLE PROCESS.
I TRIED TO BE THE BEST
VERSION OF MYSELF EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
IS THERE ONE THING THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SORT OF
SPLURGE ON?
CHICK-FIL-A.
PROBABLY CHICK-FIL-A.
I'VE BEEN EATING CLEAN.
I'LL PROBABLY GET SOME
CHICK-FIL-A.
THE FIRST THING I'LL DO IS
PAY MY TITHE, LIKE I HAVE
SINCE I WAS COLLEGE,
GIVING $700 ON A
SCHOLARSHIP CHECK.
THAT WON'T CHANGE.
THE EXCITING THING FOR ME
MONEY-WISE, HONESTLY, IS
THAT THIS MONEY IS GOING
TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Efrem: PEOPLE LIKE
THOSE CARR WANTS TO SERVE
IN HAITI.
> NOW TO NUMBER TWO...
* I'VE SEEN RAIN
Efrem: RECORDING
ARTIST AND FRIEND OF
"STUDIO 5," JOHN THA JONATHAN
McREYNOLDS, ANNOUNCES
HIS FOUNDATION IS SET TO
AWARD TWO $5,000
SCHOLARSHIPS.
APPLICATIONS GO LIVE
JULY 1st.
WELCOME BACK.
I'M YOU'RE NEW PROFESSOR.
NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR FULL
ATTENTION...
Efrem: BY THE WAY,
McREYNOLDS IS REALLY
ALSO A COLLEGE GRADUATE.
> AND WITH THAT, THERE
IS ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE
COUNTDOWN.
WE'LL GET TO IT VERY
SHORTLY.
> RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO
SHARE THE STORY OF A
POLICE OFFICER WHO WALKED
OFF THE JOB TO PURSUE HIS
PASSION, A CAREER IN
MUSIC.
BUT THE TWIST OF THIS
STORY IS THE OFFICER'S
ENCOUNTER WITH A STRANGER
WHO TOLD HIM EVERYTHING HE
ALREADY KNEW.
SOUND BIBLICAL?
TAKE A LOOK.
FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA, TO BATON ROUGE,
LOUISIANA, TO FERGUSON,
MISSOURI, DEADLY POLICE
SHOOTINGS SHOOK THESE
CITIES.
CHAOS, RIOTS, AND RACIAL
STRIFE SOMETIMES FOLLOWED.
THOUGH MILES AWAY, THESE
RECURRING INCIDENTS HIT
CLOSE TO HOME FOR THIS
FORMER POLICE OFFICER.
TERRENCE HOWELL JOINED THE
FRANKLIN VIRGINIA POLICE
DEPARTMENT YEARS AGO,
HOPING TO MAKE CHANGE IN
HIS COMMUNITY.
AS A POLICE OFFICER,
YOU'RE WIRED DIFFERENTLY.
MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY
HEAR GUNSHOTS, THEY'RE
RUNNING AWAY FROM WHERE
THE SHOTS ARE COMING FROM.
AS A POLICE OFFICER,
YOU'RE TRAINED TO GO TO
WHERE THOSE SHOTS ARE
GOING.
Efrem: FRANKLIN'S
POLICE CHIEF STILL
REMEMBERS TERRENCE FOR
THAT LITTLE SOMETHING
EXTRA HE BROUGHT TO THE
JOB.
WE COME INTO THIS
BUSINESS WITH THE THOUGHT
THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE
THE WORLD AND DO GOOD
THINGS.
IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT
TERRENCE WAS WITH US, HE
DID GOOD THINGS AND HE
CHANGED AT LEAST THE
IMPRESSIONS OF MANY PEOPLE
IN THIS COMMUNITY IN A
FAVORABLE SENSE AS TO HOW
POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS
CITY ARE VIEWED.
Efrem: TERRENCE'S
FAITH FIELDS HIS WORK
ETHIC, BUT IT ALSO
TRIGGERED A CHANGE.
> SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE,
YOU'RE SERVING THE FORCE,
YOU'RE DOING WHAT MANY
WOULD CONSIDER AN
HONORABLE CAREER, AND TO
BE A MAN OF COLOR DOING
IT, ALSO HONORABLE.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
IS THERE A WRESTLING
INSIDE OF YOU?
WHAT IS GOING ON?
GROWING UP, I ALWAYS
WANTED TO BE A MUSICIAN.
MUSIC IS SOMETHING THAT
WAS JUST VERY IMPORTANT TO
ME.
RUNNING THROUGH MY
FAMILY -- MY FAMILY IS
BASICALLY A FAMILY OF
MUSICIANS AND MINISTERS,
AND I WANTED TO ALSO BE A
MUSICIAN.
I CAN REMEMBER MANY TIMES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS
WORKING A NIGHT SHIFT, I
WOULD HAVE THOUGHTS AND
DECISIONS.
WHAT IF?
WHAT IF I PURSUED MUSIC?
WHAT IF I GAVE IT A SHOT?
I WONDER WHAT COULD
HAPPEN?
AND I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE
THAT IN THE BACK OF MY
MIND, BUT THEN REALITY
WOULD SET IN.
Efrem: TERRENCE
CONVINCED HIMSELF LAW
ENFORCEMENT WAS THE RIGHT
CAREER, UNTIL AN UNUSUAL
ENCOUNTER COMPLETELY
CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF
HIS LIFE.
ONE DAY I WAS JUST
GOING DOOR TO DOOR,
HANDING SUBPOENAS ON THE
DOOR, AND THERE WAS AN
OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO WAS
JUST WATCHING FROM HIS
FRONT PORCH, ROCKING BACK
AND FORTH.
JUST WATCHING.
Efrem: THE MAN CALLED
OUT TO TERRENCE.
HE PULLED HIMSELF UP ON
THE RAILING, AND HE LOOKED
AT ME, SQUARE IN MY EYES,
AND SAID, WHEN ARE YOU
GOING TO PUT THAT BADGE
AND GUN DOWN AND BEGIN
YOUR REAL WORK, SON?
Efrem: IN SHOCK,
TERRENCE ASKED THE MAN TO
REPEAT WHAT HE SAID.
YOUR REAL WORK IS IN
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
YOUR REAL WORK IS IN
MINISTRY.
AND IT IS ONLY SO FAR YOU
CAN GO WEARING THAT
BAFFINLAND AND GUN.
BADGE
AND GUN.
IT IS TIME TO PUT IT DOWN
AND START YOUR REAL WORK.
I KNEW IT WAS OF GOD.
SO I MADE THAT DECISION TO
TAKE THE LEAP OF FAITH AND
TO JUMP.
Efrem: THAT LEAP HAS
PROPELLED TERRENCE INTO A
SUCCESSFUL MUSIC CAREER.
IN 2014, HE LAUNCHED
"REVIVAL" MUSIC COMPANY.
AND IT IS MORE THAN JUST
THE LABEL.
TERRENCE SAYS IT IS A
MOVEMENT TO BRING UNITY
AND HEALING ACROSS DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES.
MY JOY FROM TODAY'S
SESSION WAS BRINGING IN
PEOPLE TOGETHER, PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS,
DIFFERENT RACES, COMING
TOGETHER, UNITED IN ONE
GOAL, AND THAT'S TO
WORSHIP AND TO SHOW LOVE
TO ONE ANOTHER.
Efrem: IT INCLUDES
MUSICIAN JOSEPH STALLINGS
AND SHARON JACKSON.
I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF
GROUPS AND PLAYED A LOT OF
MUSIC AND SANG A LOT OF
SONGS.
BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT "REVIVAL" WORSHIP IS
THAT IT IS NOT ABOUT THE
SONG.
IT IS REALLY NOT ABOUT THE
MUSIC, WHEN IT COMES DOWN
TO IT.
IT IS ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PEOPLE.
EACH PERSON IS
IMPORTANT.
AND THE OTHER THING I LOVE
IS WE ARE SO DIFFERENT.
AND I LOVE THAT.
I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT IN
OUR CULTURE, WHEN WE'RE
FROM DIFFERENT CHURCHES,
WE'RE FROM DIFFERENT
ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, FROM
DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS,
FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, AND
WE'RE ABLE TO COME
TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS
REALLY COOL MUSIC
TOGETHER.
Efrem: IT'S A SOUND
TERRENCE SAYS ALWAYS
CARRIES A SPECIAL MUSIC.
HIS NEW SONG, "UNTAINTED
LOVE," IS NO DIFFERENT.
THIS LOVE THAT HE HAS
FOR US IS UNTAINTED.
IT IS NOT TAINTED WITH THE
FAILED EXPECTATIONS OF I
FELL SHORT OF HIS GLORY
TODAY.
I DIDN'T QUITE MEASURE UP
AS A CHRISTIAN TODAY OF
WHERE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT HIS LOVE GOES BEYOND
THAT.
IT TRANSCENDS ALL OF THAT.
Efrem: IT IS A
POWERFUL MESSAGE TERRENCE
HOPES WILL TRANSFORM
LIVES, HEAL COMMUNITIES,
AND BRIDGE THE DIVIDE.
> AND FOR MORE ON
TERRENCE AND "REVIVAL"
MUSIC, SIMPLY CHECK THEM
OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS.
> NEXT ON "STUDIO 5"...
HOW DO YOU WANT TO PLAY
THIS?
Efrem: ...HE IS A
STAR ON NBC'S "CHICAGO
FIRE," AND SHE'S A STAR IN
THE NETFLIX SERIES, "DEAR
WHITE PEOPLE," AND BOTH
Efrem: LET'S GET TO
THE NUMBER ONE HEADLINE IN
THIS WEEK'S COUNTDOWN IN
WHAT IS NEW IN THE WORLD
OF UPLIFTING ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS.
AT NUMBER ONE...
IT IS NOT EXACTLY A
CONFERENCE.
IT IS NOT EXACTLY
DISNEYLAND.
Efrem: AFTER A BRIEF
HIATUS IN 2015, T.D.
JAKES' MEGAFEST
CELEBRATION RETURNS TO
DALLAS THIS WEEK.
YOU'VE GOT FAITH,
YOU'VE GOT EMPOWERMENT
SESSIONS FOR BUSINESS
PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOT
FIRST-TIME, FIRST-SCENE
MOVIES.
Efrem: JOINING US NOW
ARE THE ACTORS ASHLEY
FETTERSON AS WELL AS BRYAN
WHITE.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING
HERE.
YOU'RE SPIRITUALLY
GROUND, AND YOU'RE A
PERSON WHO PUTS GOD FIRST,
ALL DOORS OPEN THEMSELVES
TO YOU.
IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT
WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, I
DON'T THINK A LOT IS
POSSIBLE.
FOR ME, THERE IS NO
CAREER WITHOUT A
CONNECTION TO GOD AND MY
PURPOSE AND MY FAITH.
Efrem: BOTH ACTORS
ARE SHARING THEIR FAITH AT
THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION.
AS GUESTS ON CELEBRITY
PANEL DISCUSSIONS.
YEAH, BUT WHEN YOU SAY
"WEIERAWE," WE'RE NOT THE "WE"
YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
Efrem: ASHLEY CAN BE
SEEN HERE IN THE NETFLIX
SERIES, "DEAR WHITE
PEOPLE."
I JUST WANT YOU TO
UNDERSTAND I'VE GOT A JOB
TO DO.
DO YOU?
Efrem: BRYAN WHITE IS
SEEN HERE ON THE NBC
SERIES "CHICAGO FIRE."
I IMAGINE THAT IS ALSO A
GUIDING FORCE FOR BOTH OF
YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR
CHOICE FOR ROLES AND WHAT
PROJECTS YOU DECIDE TO DO.
THAT SAID, WHAT CAN WE
LOOK FORWARD TO?
SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A
POTENTIAL SEASON TWO OF
THE SHOW.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST
GETTING THINGS STARTED.
SO PRAYERFULLY THAT
HAPPENS.
FOR ME, MOVIES ON THE
HORIZON AND OTHER PROJECTS
AND I'M PRODUCING SOME
STUFF -- SO EVERYTHING IS
HAPPENING FOR ME, AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
YEAH.
FOR ME, "RAY DONOVAN"
SEASON FIVE BEGINS
AUGUST 6th.
MY MOVIE "AMATEUR,"
STARRING MICHAEL RAINY
WILL BE OUT AT THE END OF
THE YEAR.
ANOTHER MOVIE CALLED
"HOWARD HIGH," WILL BE OUT
BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN "THE LIST" WILL
BE OUT BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
COME CHECK ME OUT.
Efrem: STILL AHEAD ON
"STUDIO 5"...
YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD.
Efrem: HILLSONG'S
Efrem: WHEN DID YOU
FIRST HEAR YOUR SON SING
AND KNOW HE HAD A GIFT?
HE HAD BEEN SINGING FOR
A LONG TIME.
HE HAS ALWAYS LIKED MUSIC.
HE HAS TRIED TO SING AS
LONG AS HE HAS BEEN TRYING
TO TALK.
Efrem: WE'RE SITTING
DOWN WITH A TINY WORSHIP
LEADER WHO'S MUSIC IS
MAKING A HUGE IMPACT
AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT IS JUST ONE STORY
FROM NEXT WEEK'S RUNDOWN.
> YOU KNOW, LIFE HAS A
WAY OF KNOCKING US OFF OUR
FEET FROM TIME TO TIME.
IT IS EASY TO SAY, GET
BACK UP.
BUT HOW DO YOU DO IT?
HOW DO YOU STAY THE PATH
WHEN THE PAIN OF LIFE
KNOCKS THE WIND RIGHT OUT
OF YOU.
HILLSONG CHURCH'S BOBBIE
HOUSTON HAS SOME ADVICE
AND SHE HAS THE FINAL WORD
THIS WEEK.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO
REMEMBER THEY'RE NOT
ALONE.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER
THE SUN.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GONE BEFORE US, AND GOD
WAS SO KIND AS TO GIVE US
HIS WORD, WHICH IS FULL OF
THE PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON THIS PILGRIMAGE
IN LIFE, A ASSAILED BY ALL
SORTS OF THINGS, AND THEY
SURVIVED.
THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY IS TO
MAKE YOU WANT TO RETREAT
OR ISOLATE, AND THAT IS
THE WORST.
SO TO HAVE GOOD FRIENDS
AND TO HAVE HEALTHY CHURCH
COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN
ALIGN WITH, YOU NEED TO
RUN INTO THE THINGS OF
GOD.
RUN TO CHURCH.
BECAUSE INVARIABLY, THAT
PERSON IN MINISTRY WILL
MINISTER LIFE TO YOU.
WE'VE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO
OVERCOME THROUGH THE WORD
OF GOD.
HE DELIVERS US.
BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,
HE ASKS US TO OVERCOME.
Efrem: LOOK TO THOSE
WHO LIVED IT IN SCRIPTURE.
THAT IS A GOOD WORD.
AND THE FINAL WORD FOR
THIS EDITION OF "STUDIO
5."
UNTIL NEXT TIME, REACH OUT
AND TOUCH ME AT EFREM
GRAHAM ON Facebook,
TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM.
AND BE SURE TO COME ON
BACK AND SEE WHERE "STU