ColorBlind Magazine
WIN T E R 2 0 1 3 / ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT
FOLLOWING By Veronica Grandison
Detroit gospel artist Christina Benjamin’s road to artistic success Christina Benjamin is what’s known in the entertainment business as a triple threat. She’s had leading roles in national stage plays, she released the spiritually enlightening gospel EP Pieces of Me, and she owns her own publishing company. But if you ask Benjamin about her career, she’s quick to point out that it was all God’s plan. “I never really knew where God was going to use me. A lot of times we ask God, ‘what are you going to have me do for the ministry and a lot of times it’s things that we are already doing,” said Benjamin, 30. “I was already singing in the choir, but I didn’t know it was preparation for me to go onto a national platform with singing and acting.” Singing has always been Benjamin’s passion.
Before settling into gospel music, she worked as a wedding coordinator, floral designer, and as a registered nurse, a career field she pursued due to her love of serving others. She got into the entertainment business via a modeling contest that her husband and manager Courtney
Photo Credit: Courtney Benjamin.
She was an instrumental major and minored in vocals at the Detroit School of Performing Arts. She also performed in the choir at Greater Miller Memorial Church of God in Christ, where she began developing her vocal skills. The slender, hazeltoned songstress could have easily chosen the road to pop stardom, but her love for the ministry led her down the gospel path, which she says felt the most natural.