The Tribune

WORLD-renowned gospel and religious leaders will bring attention to the Bahamas’ Religious Tourism offerings when the Ministry of Tourism hosts Gospel Fest on Good Friday.

Gospel Fest: A Night of Thanksgiving and Praise will be held on Friday, April 18. The free concert is part of the Ministry of Tourism’s 50th anniversary celebrations and will be held at Clifford Park.

Several staple musical artists in Bahamian gospel such as The Rahming Brothers, Ricardo Clarke, Edison Sumner, Voices of Praise and the Global United Fellowship Choir will be featured. The concert will also feature Grammy award-winning gospel artist Hezekiah Walker.

Words of Inspiration also will be delivered by Global United Fellowship Presiding Bishop Neil C Ellis.

Director of Religious Tourism Dwight Armbrister said officials are excited about the event.

“On Good Friday, we are going to be in a continuous mode of celebration of the 50th year of Tourism’s existence in the Bahamas and we want to do that by way of praise and thanksgiving and that’s the theme,” he said.

“This is going to be a free concert for all of the people who caused us to be where we are as a nation. The (Tourism) Minister (Obie Wilchcombe) has decided to do something where we can give God thanks for the 50 years that we have been in the Ministry of Tourism.”

Mr Armbrister said the concert is just the beginning of a number of religious tourism activities that will take place throughout the year.

“Every month, we are going to be doing something that heralds what we have been doing for the past 50 years. April is going to be a significant month where we take time out to give God thanks and praise,” he said.

April will be observed as Religious Tourism Month in the 50th anniversary of tourism celebrations.