Judith Christie McAllister

Judith Christie McAllister (born September 29, 1963 as Judith F. Christie) is an American Pentecostal gospel singer, songwriter, and musician. She is the leader of Never Ending Worship, and she was the president of the International Music Department for the Church of God in Christ from 2009 until 2021. Her first album, Send Judah First, was released by Judah Music Records in 2000. She released, Raise the Praise, with Judah Music Records in 2003. The third album, In His Presence: Live!, was released in 2006, and this was a Billboard magazine breakthrough release upon the Gospel Albums and two others. Her fourth album, Sound the Trumpet, was released in 2011 with Shanachie Records, and this charted upon the aforementioned chart.

Early life She was born in Harlem, on September 29, 1963, as Judith F. Christie, as the daughter of a minister from Jamaica and her mother, who is from Barbados. Her mother being a pianist at her father's church growing up gave her the impetus to learn how to play the piano and become a pianist in her own right. She went to Oral Roberts University in the mid-1980s. She released, Raise the Praise, on January 27, 2003 again by her label Judah Records. The third album, In His Presence: Live!, was released on May 30, 2006 by Artemis Records, and this was her breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine Gospel Albums chart at No. 10, while placing on two more charts. The subsequent album, Sound the Trumpet, released by Shanachie Records in 2011, and this charted at No. 13 on the aforementioned chart.

Personal life She is married to Darin McAllister, and together they reside in Los Angeles, California, with their children. She serves as the minister of music under the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Charles E. Blake, church West Angeles.

Discography + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USGosSend Judah First Released: January 30, 2001

CD, digital download –Raise the Praise Released: January 27, 2003

CD, digital download –In His Presence: Live! Released: May 30, 2006

CD, digital download 10Sound the Trumpet Released: 2011

CD, digital download 13