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DeBarge would go on to score five Top 40 pop singles, two No. 1 R&B singles, a No. 1 single on the dance chart, and three No. 1 hits on the adult contemporary chart. DeBarge was one of the few Motown success stories of the 1980s.
Known as the “The Church In The Heart Of The City, With The City In Its Heart,” many local leaders and community advocates regarded Bethel as their church home. In July of 1995, the City of Grand Rapids honored him by naming the cross street Bethel was located on, Abney Avenue SE. This avenue remains located between Lake Drive and Cherry Street.
Celebrated gospel singer Marvin Sapp announced Sunday that he is stepping down from the Michigan church he founded in 2003 to lead a different church in Texas.