Debrah Story Inspired By Cece Winans

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "Debrah Story Inspired By Cece Winans". You might think who is Cece Winans? Well she was born Priscilla Marie Winans, number seven out of ten kids, and the oldest of three daughters! That means that Cece has six older brothers! Wow what a big household! Cece would be Priscilla's nickname from that moment on but she and her siblings were born in Detroit, Michigan. In addition to that, most of all they grew up in a Christian home and got saved at a young age and were only allowed to listen to gospel music! In addition to them being raised in a Christian home and saved at a young age, they also were a musical family too. In fact in the 1980s, Cece's four older brothers signed with Light records with legendary the late gospel artist Andrea Crouch and became known as "The Winans"! (Side note Marvin Winans Sr was part of that and he later became pastor at "Perfecting Faith Church", became solo artist, and for a time was married to Vickie Winans before their divorce. Vickie Winans is a gospel artist too.) Yes that's right Cece Winans is the younger sister of "The Winans" band. After Cece finished high school, she and her brother Bebe (real name Benjamin) joined PTL Heritage USA under Jim Bakker and his late first wife Tammy Faye. (Side note the Bakkers ministry got started in 1974 before everything collapsed in 1987.) Cece and Bebe at PTL were employees there, were they learned to become a musical duo, and get to know white people and they were there from 1981 until 1984. It was in 1983, that Cece met Alvin Love a new Christian and Xerox worker and they fell madly in love. Of course they prayed about it and sought counsel about them dating. After Cece left PTL in 1984, (three years before the ministry collapsed in 1987) she got engaged and married to Alvin, and moved back to Michigan. Cece and Alvin also had two kids Alvin 3 born in 1985 Ashley born in 1987. Eventually Bebe and Cece got signed to Sparrow records and became a musical duo in the late 1980s! They'd release their self-titled debut album, "Heaven", their Christmas album to name a few. They'd be a musical duo for the next several years until the Lord revealed to Cece it was time for her to be a solo artist. In 1995, Cece released her solo debut album called "Alone In His Presence" and has remained a solo artist and has released multiple albums as well. Years later, in 2012 Cece and Alvin became co-pastors at a church called "Nashville Life Church" and their son is associate pastor there. They also have grandkids and Alvin is Cece's manager. Cece has won awards such as Dove, Stellar, and Grammy awards just to name a few. What does this have to do with Debrah? Debrah and Cece Winans have been singing since they were kids and got saved at young ages too. Well like Cece, Debrah was part of a musical duo called "Debrah And David Harris" for a number of years and eventually became a solo artist. They're household names, won Dove and Grammy awards, and they and their husbands are pastors of churches. They have their independent record deals (they previously were signed to major record deals) and they're doting grandmother's as well. They also have lived in Nashville, Tennessee for a number of years, married to black men, and their husbands are their managers. Cece's siblings and extended family members are musical, similarly , Debrah's sister and brother -in-law as well as extended family members who are professional singers too. What are the differences? Cece is black while Debrah is white. Cece lived in Michigan while Debrah was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri in her growing up years. Debrah has a younger sister while Cece has two younger sisters and has six older brothers. Debrah was a pastor's kid and came from a lineage of pastors while Cece though raised in a Christian home parents weren't pastors. Cece and Bebe were a brother and sister musical duo while Debrah and David her first husband was a husband and wife musical duo. Cece both in a musical duo and as a solo artist is a black gospel artist while Debrah in bands or as a solo artist is a Contemporary Christian artist. After Cece in 1995 became a solo artist was still married to her husband Alvin while when she Debrah became a solo artist she was divorced for her first husband due to adultery. Cece was in her thirties when she became a solo artist while Debrah became a solo artist in her forties. Cece Winans has been married to her husband for over forty years while Debrah has been divorced and remarried. Cece has two biological adult kids while Debrah gained step kids (she struggled with infertility struggles during her first marriage) and raised her step kids with her second husband Pastor Rudy Carson Sr. Also if you haven't gotten my Debrah book I'd highly encourage you to get it on Amazon or I can order physical copies for you ladies if need be. Debrah is inspired by real life Contemporary Christian artists and gospel artists and I'd encourage y'all to check out the soundtrack too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, have a happy Lord's day, and hope y'all have a blessed week.






