{"id":13688,"date":"2018-11-09T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2018-11-09T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T22:41:11","slug":"country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html","title":{"rendered":"Country Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wikimedia<\/a>
Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Country singer Josh Turner has already reached heights to which many artists aspire to by creating multiple platinum songs, a Billboard Number 1 release, and Grammy and CMA nominations. His latest album, however, is the achievement of one of Turner\u2019s more personal goals. \u201cI Serve A Savior\u201d is a collection of hand picked hymns, new original songs and live recordings of some of Turner\u2019s well-known hits such as \u201cMe and God\u201d and \u201cLong Black Train.\u201d It also includes \u201cThe River (of Happiness),\u201d a unique song written by Turner\u2019s wife, Jennifer, and their eldest son, Hampton. The entire Turner family\u2013Josh, Jennifer, Hampton, Marion and Colby\u2013sings on the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an uplifting song,\u201d Turner said of \u201cThe River (of Happiness).\u201d \u201cAnd having Jennifer and the boys singing on it drives that home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 12 track album was released alongside a 90 minute live performance DVD of the new collection. It was filmed at Gaither Studios and included a special interview of Turner with gospel legend Bill Gaither.<\/p>\n

\u201cJosh Turner is a gifted artist,\u201d said Gaither. \u201cWe talked about his faith, his music, his wife and children, and about his gospel heritage he holds so dear. It is a joy to see a young man with so much talent using his gifts with purpose and excellence.”<\/p>\n

Turner himself has made it clear that this album is more than simply another feather in his country music cap. “Working on this project has definitely been a God-ordained blessing,\u201d he said. \u201cI never would have thought I’d be doing this record this year, but God opened a door and I walked through it. I’ve seen many seemingly impossible things take place during the making of this record and I’ve felt God’s anointing over it\u2026My faith is the most important thing to me. I want people to hear the sentiment and heart behind this record. I want them to feel the same inspiration that I felt. I want them to feel that and hopefully they’ll make these songs a part of their life.”<\/p>\n

The album was released on October 26, 2018, and the DVD will air as a one-hour television special hosted by Bill Gaither on several networks in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Country singer Josh Turner has already reached heights to which many artists aspire to by creating multiple platinum songs, a Billboard Number 1 release, and Grammy and CMA nominations. His latest album, however, is the achievement of one of Turner\u2019s more personal goals. \u201cI Serve A Savior\u201d is a collection of hand picked hymns, new…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":616,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3383,11],"tags":[3815,3053,588],"class_list":["post-13688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-celebrity","category-christian-music","tag-album-release","tag-christian-music","tag-country-music"],"yoast_head":"\nCountry Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grammy nominee and multi-platinum singer Josh Turner has achieved a lifetime and career goal: to make an album that showcases his faith.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Country Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grammy nominee and multi-platinum singer Josh Turner has achieved a lifetime and career goal: to make an album that showcases his faith.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Idol Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-09T22:41:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Stephanie Hertzenberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/11\/Josh_Turner_24011586694-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Country Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album","description":"Grammy nominee and multi-platinum singer Josh Turner has achieved a lifetime and career goal: to make an album that showcases his faith.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Country Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album","og_description":"Grammy nominee and multi-platinum singer Josh Turner has achieved a lifetime and career goal: to make an album that showcases his faith.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html","og_site_name":"Idol Chatter","article_published_time":"2018-11-09T22:41:11+00:00","author":"Stephanie Hertzenberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/11\/Josh_Turner_24011586694-300x200.jpg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html","name":"Country Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/11\/Josh_Turner_24011586694-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-09T22:41:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-11-09T22:41:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/2accd57241ae3de281b15e255b66b126"},"description":"Grammy nominee and multi-platinum singer Josh Turner has achieved a lifetime and career goal: to make an album that showcases his faith.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/11\/Josh_Turner_24011586694-300x200.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/files\/2018\/11\/Josh_Turner_24011586694-300x200.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/11\/country-star-josh-turner-achieves-dream-faith-based-album.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Country Star Josh Turner Achieves Dream of Faith-Based Album"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/","name":"Idol Chatter","description":"Beliefnet Entertainment blog, TV blog, Movie blog, Religion in entertainment blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/2accd57241ae3de281b15e255b66b126","name":"Stephanie Hertzenberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/080\/080e3b9c5b3764a74a7323d03c0bfb80x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/080\/080e3b9c5b3764a74a7323d03c0bfb80x96.jpg","caption":"Stephanie Hertzenberg"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/authors\/s\/stephanie-hertzenberg.aspx"],"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/author\/shertzenberg"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13691,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13688\/revisions\/13691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}