Malinda sapp biography
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MaLinda Sapp, wife of gospel singer Marvin Sapp, dies of colon cancer
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MaLinda Sapp leaves uplifting legacy
GRAND RAPIDS -- MaLinda Sapp, co-pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church in Grand Rapids, passed away Thursday from complications from cancer.
The church she co-founded with her husband of 15 years, gospel artist Marvin Sapp, previously had launched a 24-hour prayer vigil, seeking healing for MaLinda Sapp, who served as administrative pastor at the church on Burton Street SE.
In 2009, MaLinda Sapp was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Following treatment, she was declared cancer-free earlier this year.
However, a recent statement on the church's website noted, "Until recently, a specialist indicated that her infirmity was resolved, but she has recently been advised it is now trying to resurface."
News of her passing was announced earlier today on Praise Houston, 92.1-FM in Houston. Memorial service arrangements have not been released locally.
The couple have three school-age children, Marvin II, Mikaila and Madisson.
Besides her work with Lighthouse, MaLinda Sapp served as a limited licensed psychologist, licensed professional counselor and college professor.
In 2008, MaLinda Sapp was tapped to be the first principal of the Grand
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Marvin Sapp
American singer-songwriter (born 1967)
Bishop Marvin Louis Sapp (born January 28, 1967)[2] is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career.
Early life and education
[edit]Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sapp began singing in church at age four. In third grade he met MaLinda Prince, his future wife. [1]
He was a student at the unaccredited Aenon Bible College in Indianapolis, Indiana.[3]
Solo career
[edit]In 1996, Sapp decided to establish himself as a contemporary gospel solo artist and has recorded seven albums. Sapp first achieved crossover fame with the release of "Never Would Have Made It" from the album Thirsty in 2007. It peaked at No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart. Thirsty debuted at No. 28 on the U.S. Billboard 200, No. 4 on the U.S. BillboardTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and also No. 1 on the U.S. BillboardTop Gospel Albums. It has been certified gold by the RIAA due to the album selling over 500,000 copies, making it Sapp's best selling album of his solo career, and has so fa
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MaLinda Sapp burial program reveals who famed her life
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LADY DR. MALINDA P. SAPP
Weekday, September 16, 2010, 12:00 noon
Bishop Marvin L. Winans, Officiant
ORDER Enterprise SERVICES
Musical Prelude: Processional Close of representation Bier
Prayer: Pastor Kenneth Fairley
Perfecting Fellowship Universal
Hesitate Testament Reading: Pastor Eric Tolbert Lighthou