ECSU’S GOD’S IMAGE RISES IN THE
GOSPEL MUSIC INDUSTRY
Branden Anderson, Stefen Vaughan, Marlon Anderson, Krystal Nollie, and Curtis Langley
-Photo Courtesy oj Rich Harvey
• Antonio Barrow
Assistant Editor
thegreatchefOI @ yahoo.com
“Then God said, ‘Let us make
n in our image, in our likeness...
God created man in His own
ige....’” (Genesis 1:26-27)
' God’s Image, the Richmond-
5ed group made up of three
jng men, Branden Anderson,
irlon Anderson and Curtis Langley
s formed in 1997. These men
e to sing, and so they decided to
m their group to use their talents
‘ glorify God. The group also con-
ted of a lot of their friends back
‘ me.
The Book of Genesis inspired
! formation of the group’s name,
ice God has created us in His
age, they saw that it was a good
■ me for them because they are
ing to walk in His image. “It’s a
uggle day to day, but we must
empt to walk in His image be
cause that’s the will of God,” said
Branden Anderson.
Their inspirations are many.
Branden’s inspirations are Mary
Mary, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams
and Shirley Caesar. Curtis’s are Fred
Hammond and the Canton Spirituals.
Marlon’s inspirations are the Jackson
5-
Their goals and expectations are
to do the will of God by drawing
people to Christ. They also hope that
God will bless them to minister to
people across the world, and also, to
venture into other aspects of the
industry.
Although they are rising stars in
the gospel music industry, they also
have to balance their schoolwork and
their recordings. They concentrate
on their schoolwork throughout the
week, and on the weekends, they get
together and rehearse. Branden
admits that he does not have a lot of
free time. He says, “I believe that
anything that you really want to do
and you’re dedicated in doing it, that
you would just naturally get the job
done.”
Jonathan Owens, the group’s
road manager says, “the group is
doing a great job spreading the word
of the Lord and they are going
places. The path had already been
set. All they got to do is follow
through and walk and they’ll be all
right.”
Stefen Vaughan and Krystal
Nollie, the group’s dancers, also had
some good things to say about
God’s Image. One of the dancers
said of the group: “they are a great
group to work with.” Vaughan and
Nollie have known God’s Image
since middle school. They also said
that dancing was God’s gift that was
given to them and that being with the
group has been a great experience.
There were also supporters on
campus who had positive things to
say about God’s Image. Khima
Toxey, an ECSU senior Psychology
major, saw the group perform during
the homecoming gospel concert.
“God’s Image were really good. It
was different, but I liked it and the
message was still there,” she said.
Selena Overton-Johnson, an
ECSU senior Music major said “I
thought that God’s Image was a true
inspiration to young people today.
They had an excellent performance
and I was truly inspired and felt the
Spirit of God’s presence.”
The group will release its latest
album in March or April 2002. Also,
from December 9 thru the 11, God’s
Image will be performing in Las
Vegas, Nevada at the Ninth Bi-An-
nual International Gospel Record
Label Executives and Artist Retreat.
They will be performing two songs.
Let us support God’s Image and pray
that they will be successful in attain
ing their goals.