Gospel Legend Bishop Rance Allen Has Passed Away At Age 71

Gospel music star Bishop Rance Allen died over the weekend. “While recovering from a medical procedure at Heartland ProMedica, Bishop Rance Allen passed away around 3 AM”. Said Allen’s wife of 49 years, Ellen Allen, in a statement. “I wasn’t expecting to hear this news this morning,” Bryant Scott, the president of Allen’s record label, Tyscot Records, said in the statement. “This is a great loss to us personally but also to the church community at large.”

Born in Monroe, Michigan in 1948. Allen was one of 12 children. At the age of five he began his preaching ministry and by age nine was preaching throughout Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He was licensed to preach at age 12. A gifted musician and anointed gospel singer, Bishop Allen and his brothers Tom and Steve formed The Rance Allen Group in 1969 and began to invade the world with a new contemporary and innovative gospel sound. Bishop Rance Allen was 71.

Source: theranceallengroup.com

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