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The 57th Annual GMA Dove Awards Broadcast will be shared by Trinity Broadcast Network on Tuesday, 10/6/26.

Click HERE to find more information about the 57th GMA Dove Awards.

Here is the full list of the nominees.

SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Can’t Steal My Joy: Josiah Queen ft. Brandon Lake – Written By: Josiah Queen, Brandon Lake, Hank Bentley, & Jacob Sooter

Come Jesus Come: CeCe Winans – Written By: Hank Bentley, Bryan Fowler, Stephen McWhirter, & Tara McWhirter

Dusty Bibles: Josiah Queen – Written By: Josiah Queen, Zac Lawson, Dylan Thomas, & John Michael Howell

God I’m Just Grateful: Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore – Written By: Chandler Moore, Pat Barrett, Steven Furtick, Abubakar Baker Shariff-Farr, & Joshua Coleman

Homesick For Heaven: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham and Jonathan Smith

I Know A Name: Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake – Written By: Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake, Jacob Sooter, & Hank Bentley

Left It In The River: Jamie MacDonald – Written By: Jamie MacDonald, Jonathan Gamble, & Colby Wedgeworth

Mighty Name Of Jesus: Hope Darst – Written By: Hope Darst, Jacob Sooter, & Lauren Sloat

No Fear: Jon Reddick – Written by: Jon Reddick, Matthew West, &Jeff Pardo

What An Awesome God: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham, Jonathan Smith, & Rich Mulli

ARTIST OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Brandon Lake

CeCe Winans

Josiah Queen

Lauren Daigle

Phil Wickham

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Nominees:

bodie

Emerson Day

Jamie MacDonald

Megan Woods

SEU Worship

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – ARTIST Nominees:

Brandon Lake

Chandler Moore

Chris Brown

Josiah Queen

Phil Wickham

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – NON ARTIST Nominees:

Hank Bentley

Jacob Sooter

Jonathan Smith

Steven Furtick

Zac Lawson

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Austin Davis

Jacob Sooter

Jeff Pardo

Jonathan Smith

Kyle Lee

POP/CONTEMPORARY SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Dusty Bibles: Josiah Queen – Written By: Josiah Queen, Zac Lawson, Dylan Thomas, & John Michael Howell

Homesick For Heaven: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham & Jonathan Smith

Left It In The River: Jamie MacDonald – Written By: Jamie MacDonald, Jonathan Gamble, & Colby Wedgeworth

Let It Be A Hallelujah: Lauren Daigle – Written By: Lauren Daigle, Jonas Myrin, & Busbee

WASHED: ELEVATION RHYTHM – Written By: Josh Holiday, Mitch Wong, Joe L Barnes, & Steven Furtick

WORSHIP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

God I’m Just Grateful: Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore – Written By: Chandler Moore, Pat Barrett, Steven Furtick, Abubakar Baker, Shariff-Farr, & Joshua Coleman

How Good It Is: Chris Tomlin – Written By: Chris Tomlin, Jess Cates, & Jordan Mohilowski

Mighty Name of Jesus: Hope Darst, Josh Baldwin – Written By: Hope Darst, Jacob Sooter, & Lauren Sloat

What An Awesome God: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham, Jonathan Smith, & Rich Mullins

Worthy Of It All (Worthy): CeCe Winans – Written By: David Brymer, Ryan Hall, Chris Brown, Mack Brock, & Steven Furtick

ROCK/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

eyes on Him: Strings & Heart – Written By: Angelo Espinosa

idols Steven: Stanley Stephen – Written By: Stanley, Paul Duncan, & Zach Epps

No Survivors: Jeremy Camp – Written By: Jeremy Camp, Jordan Sapp, Paul Duncan, & Emily Weisband

SEVENS: Brandon Lake – Written By: Brandon Lake, Steven Furtick, Hank Bentley, Micah Nichols, & Jacob Sooter

The Love I Have For You: Colton Dixon – Written By: Colton Dixon, Josh Murty, & Jon Robert Hall

COUNTY/ROOTS RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Black Sheep: Ben Fuller – Written By: Ben Fuller, Michael Farren, & Tony Wood

Broken Man Can: Scotty Inman – Written By: Scotty Inman, Jimmy Yeary, & Kenna Turner West

Speaking Terms: Ella Langley – Written By: Helene Cronin, & Joybeth Taylor

Still Do: Anne Wilson, Cole Swindell – Written By: Anne Wilson, Matthew West, Jeff Pardo, & Trannie Anderson

The Jesus I Know Now: Brandon Lake, Lainey Wilson – Written By: Brandon Lake, Lainey Wilson, Emily Weisband, & Luke Laird

GOSPEL WORSHIP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Bless Your Name (Live): Maranda Curtis – Written By: Maranda Curtis, Chekira Daffin, David Cartwright Jr., & Laura Ann Johnson

More Than This [Radio Edit]: CeCe Winans (ft. Todd Dulaney) – Written By: CeCe Winans, Todd Dulaney, Kyle Lee

One Good God (Live): Jonathan McReynolds – Written By: Jonathan McReynolds, & Terrell Demetrius Wilson

Something’s About to Shift (Live): Red Worship, Jonathan Stamper – Written By: Jonathan Stamper

Yahweh Flow (Live In San Francisco): Tye Tribbett (ft. Jocelyn Bowman, D’nar Young, Jewell Jones, Jalisa Faye) – Written By: Tye Tribbett, Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin, Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Marty Sampson, Israel Houghton, Adesewa Ayoola, Alessandro Vilas Boas, Ed Cash, Kristian Stanfill, Kofi Dartey, & Ryan Ofei

RAP/HIPHOP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Bless You: Lecrae, Torey D’Shaun – Written By: Lecrae, Torey D’Shaun, Milan Szelcsanyi, Lihtz, KUR, Jeremiah Adkins, Amore Jones, & Eks

DAVE: Hulvey – Written By: Hulvey, xander., Zac Lawson, Micah Palace, & John Michael Howell

God Did II: RUA YOUNG, KB – Written By: RUA YOUNG, KB, Wes Writer, & Quinten Coblentz

ROB HELL: indie tribe, nobigdyl., Torey D’Shaun (ft. Jon Keith) – Written By: nobigdyl., Torey D’Shaun, & Jon Keith

Yes: Steven Malcolm, for KING & COUNTRY, KB – Written By: Steven Malcolm, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Demi Kolenbrander, Ben Glover, Brendon Coe, Jamie George, Tedd T., & Theron Feemster

POP/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Counting My Blessings: Seph Schlueter – Written By: Jonathan Smith, David Spencer, Colby Wedgeworth, Jordan Sapp, Tedd T., Sajan Nauriyal, Tyler Meadows, Kenzie Mccarter, Cristina Cardenas, & Emma Pettyjohn

Jamie MacDonald: Jamie MacDonald – Written By: Jamie MacDonald, Austin Davis, Derek Winkley, Aaron Robertson, Colby Wedgeworth, Jordan Sapp, Jonathan Gamble, Petey Martin, Andrew Bergthold, Justin Amundrud, & Josh Silverberg

King Of Hearts: Brandon Lake – Written By: Hank Bentley, Jacob Sooter, Micah Nichols, Rodrick Simmons, & Pete Mol

Mt. Zion: Josiah Queen – Written By: Josiah Queen, John Michael Howell, Zac Lawson, Jared Marc, Jacob Sooter, Hank Bentley, & Ben Foster

Walk Through Fire: Ben Fuller – Written By: Sam Martinez, Jacob Sooter, Ethan Hulse, Colby Wedgeworth, Jeff Pardo, Michael Farren, & Nick Schwarz

WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

A Forgiving God: SEU Worship – Written By: Rob Ellmore, Cameron Giddens, Chelsea Plank, & Christopher Austin Shuffitt

Breathe On It: Tauren Wells – Written By: Aaron Robertson, Colby Wedgeworth, Jordan Sapp, Jay-J, Jonathan Smith, Chris Strawder, Chuck Butler, Luis Higuera, Demitri Wells, xander., & Luke Johns

SO BE IT (Live): Elevation Worship – Written By: Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Jonathan Smith, Chandler Moore, Jonathan Mix, Scott Gardner, Jacob Sooter, Josh Holiday, & Joshua Coleman

Song Of The Saints: Phil Wickham Jonathan Smith, Shane Becker, & Micah Nichols

We Must Respond (Deluxe) [Live]: Bethel Music – Written By: Brian Johnson, David Whitworth, Dominic Shahbon, Jason Ingram, Jonathan Lee, & Mathew Ogden

CHRISTMAS/SPECIAL EVENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Christmas: Natalie Grant – Written By: Bernie Herms, Sarah Reeves, & Tim Davis

Come Home For Christmas: Matthew West – Written By: AJ Pruis, Mark Evitts, Jeff Pardo, & Chris Lockwood

DAVID (Soundtrack from the Angel Original Film): Various Artists – Written By: Chad Carouthers, Joseph Trapanese, Jonathan Smith, & Bryan Lawson

I Can Only Imagine 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): Various Artists – Written By: Tedd T., Jeremy Redmon, & Brent McCorkle

Rejoice! (A Celtic Christmas): We Are Messengers – Written By: Dan Muckala

RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Blameless: Jackie Hill Perry – Art Directors: Kevin Hackett & Jues Almanzar – Photographers: Matthew Warren & Quality Lenz

Honest Conversations: Katy Nichole – Art Director/ Graphic Artist/ Illustrator: Joshua Wurzelbacher – Photographer: Erick Frost

Mt. Zion: Josiah Queen – Art Director: Aaron Stearns – Graphic Artists: Aaron Stearns, Nathan Blaine, & Trent Nicholson – Photographer: Rashun Ludgood

Real: Blessing Offor – Art Directors: Nathan Blaine, & Aaron Stearns – Graphic Artist: Nathan Blaine – Photographer: Erick Frost

Reconstruction: Lecrae – Art Director: Kevin Hackett – Photographer: Quality Lenz

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (CONCEPT) Nominees:

Heaven On My Mind: TobyMac – Director: Eric Welch – Producer: Scott McDaniel

I’ve Got A Fire: Pat Barrett – Director: Noah Taher – Producers: Hannah Hastings & Luke Hastings

Raised By Wolves: Franni Cash – Director: Sadie Kay – Producer: Lauren Forbes

SEVENS: Brandon Lake – Directors: Noah Taher & Sadie Kay – Producers: Noah Taher & Rachel Mulcahy

World On Fire: for KING & COUNTRY & Taylor Hill – Director: Kadin Tooley – Producers: Katie Babbage, Fadwa Ward, Patrick Tohill & Crashbang

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (PERFORMANCE) Nominees:

CAMPAIGN: KB – Director/Producer: Juan Garcia

Far Country: Ellie Holcomb – Director: Bryant Bural – Producers: Bryant Bural & Noah Tidmore

Have Your Way: Katy Nichole – Directors: Greg Fromholz & Joey von Meding – Producer: Joshua Wurzelbacher

I Ain’t Worried: Jackie Hill Perry – Director: Devin Johnson

Worthy Of It All (Worthy): CeCe Winans – Director/Producer: Elliot Eicheldinger

LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Eterno Dios (Live): Gateway Worship Español – Director/Producer: Jakob Serban

Just That Good (Live from Passion 2026): Passion – Directors: Brian Zimmerman & Rusty Anderson – Producers: Passion, Louie Giglio, Shelley Giglio & Rachel Baldwin

Memorandum: Kristene DiMarco – Director: Luke Manwaring – Producer: Jonathan Lee

Sons of Sunday: Sons of Sunday – Director: Mait Hudson – Producers: Chris Dobson & Chris Brown

The Resurrection Of A King: Tommee Proffit – Director/Producer: Tommee Proffit

FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

A Great Awakening: Director: Joshua Enck – Producers: Steve Buckwalter & Troy Thorne

DAVID: Directors: Brent Dawes & Phil Cunningham – Producers: Jacqui Cunningham, Phil Cunningham, Tim Keller, Rita Mbanga, Steve Pegram, Timothy Hoffman, Nikky Kho, & Edelgard Slabbert

I Can Only Imagine 2: Directors: Brent McCorkle & Andrew Erwin – Producers: Andrew Erwin, Ashley Grifka, Bart Millard, Cindy Bond, Daryl C. Lefever, Josh Walsh, Katelyn Botsch & Kevin Downes

Sarah’s Oil: Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh – Producers: John Shepherd, Jon Erwin, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Kevin Downes, Daryl C. Lefever, Andrew Erwin, Derrick Williams & Zachary Levi

Soul on Fire: Director: Sean McNamara – Producers: Margaret French-Isaac, David Brookwell, J. Todd Harris, Sean McNamara, Toni Farina, & Amy Powers

TELEVISION SERIES OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Duck Dynasty: The Revival: Director: Ted Butler – Producers: Tony Sam & Peter Chelkowski

House of David: Directors: Jon Erwin, Jon Gunn, Jeff T. Thomas, & Lynsey Miller – Producers: Katelyn Botsch, Andrew Erwin, Daryl C. Lefever, Panos Papahadzis, Tony Young, Todd Giroux, & Courtney Johnson

The Chosen: Director: Dallas Jenkins – Producers: Jamie Elliott, Adam Drake, & Kerri Navarro

The Promised Land: Director: Mitch Hudson – Producers: Jeremy Crouch, Adam Drake, Richie Johns, Bethany Johns, Bob Elder, & Justin Tolley

The Wingfeather Saga: Directors: Daniel Haycox, John Sanford, Keith Lango, Ron Smith & John Wall

Once again, congratulations for all the nominees. The 57th Annual GMA Dove Awards Broadcast is on Tuesday October 6th. To find more information, click HERE.

Today on The Morning Thing, WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart is joined by DeeDee Burger the Assistant Administrator with Kno-Ho-Co Ashland Community Action Commission.

Check out the entire conversation HERE.

DeeDee talks about her role in Kno-Ho-Co, she highlights different programs they do, she is with the health division who is planning this golf outing. They were inspired to help raise funds for uninsured and under insured and provide funds for medical expenses and they want to raise awareness and give back to the community. They help by providing funds to help see a mammogram specialist if someone is uninsured or underinsured; they will also provide mammograms for underinsured and uninsured.

The golf outing is at little apple golf course in Bellville on august first, with august second as a rain date, shotgun start at 9am. They will have skins where you can win money, mulligans where you can buy a better shot, they also have a 50/50 drawing with 50% going to the winner, and the other 50% going to the fundraising total. They’re providing lunch with hotdogs, chips, and a proper sit down after golfing is over. The asked donations are $300 per team, they have $500 to be given towards the winner with all proceeds going to provide mammograms and support for breast cancer.

DeeDee talks about why access early detection and examination, they’ll help provide funds for those, and she talks about how early detection saves lives. It’s hard for people to want to come in, so they can help cover costs of treatment to make it easier for people to get diagnosed. You can find out more by calling at 740-397-0145, so they can get you scheduled in Knox County.

Registration deadline is July 25 so they can get teams put together and be ready for august 1; you can call or text 740-485-7446 to register. You can help sponsor a hole for $100, it will put a sign on one of the 18 holes, they’ll also post on social media and recognize sponsors. You can donate towards them by contacting 740-485-7446 or by visiting the QR code on social media where you can sign up.

DeeDee talks about what is coming on the outing, and the shotgun starts at 9 am and they want to rotate through the holes and build comradery; expect a ton of fun, drawing, and lunch. It’s a huge benefit for Kno-Ho-Co and it’s to help people struggling. She talks about how much of a blessing this event is because on average, one of four women are diagnosed. Again, to register you can call 740-485-7446, or go to their Facebook and Instagram.

For more information, click HERE.