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The cool gospel craze

By Stevens Muendo

When American gospel artiste Kirk Franklin released his Revolution hit single in 1998 — a song co-written by Rodney Jerkins — there was a major stir in the Christian religious circles as mainstream conservative churches opposed the new gospel sound.

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