Founded in 1964, the Gospel Music Association serves as a face and voice for the Christian music community. As an umbrella trade organization, the GMA provides an atmosphere in which artists, industry leaders, retail stores, radio stations, concert promoters and local churches can coordinate their efforts for the purpose of benefiting the industry as a whole, while remaining true to the purpose of communicating the gospel message. The GMA continues to build a platform for all genres of gospel music through its programs, special projects and services.

More than 4,200 members make up the Gospel Music Association and include record company professionals, aspiring and established artists/writers/musicians, concert promoters, radio professionals, retailers, publishers, producers, booking agents, artist managers, and more.

This diverse group represents every Gospel music genre including pop/contemporary, rock, hip hop, inspirational, urban, southern gospel, Latin and more. The GMA offers several events, services and resources throughout the year including the GMA Music Awards, GMA Week, GMA Music in the Rockies, GMA Academy, special publications (GMA Music Industry Networking Guide and GMAil), and ongoing advocacy and public relations efforts.


About GMA ASIA

Founded with the mission to expose, promote, and celebrate the gospel through music, GMA Asia seeks to build a diverse musical community that goes beyond the boundaries of denomination, nationality, gender, and age.

Representing all styles and facets of Christian music, GMA Asia aspires to create a close network of the artists, industry leaders, retail stores, radio stations, concert promoters, and local churches involved in the Asian gospel music community, allowing for an unprecedented flow of media and communications between believers within the industry.

To expand on this sharing of information and resources, GMA Asia plans to organize events that will help educate and edify the members of the Asian Christian music community in their particular fields, with an example of such an event being the GMA Academy, which offers workshops and seminars for both artists and songwriters.

GMA Asia also hopes to utilize its vast network to create an international market for gospel music within the Asian region and beyond. GMA Asia members will achieve particularly high visibility and accessibility in the Asian market through the association’s website and public events.

For countries in the region that are lacking in infrastructure, GMA Asia will aid in the pioneering of new businesses and venues for gospel music, creating a wealth of employment opportunities (from those working in retail warehouses, to recording engineers, to artist management agents) that will strengthen the country’s overall market and set a foundation for the development of countless other Christian networks and ministries.

Because of its potential for profitability, GMA Asia will also be able to go beyond the boundaries that have been placed on mission organizations working in the region, making it the ideal vehicle for spreading the gospel in countries that would otherwise scrutinize or place bans on public expressions of Christianity.

As of now, we at GMA Asia are searching for potential organizations and industry leaders in the region who are passionate about spreading gospel music and its message and who would be willing to dedicate their time to help the association develop.

As noted earlier, the concept of GMA Asia is founded on bringing unity to all facets of the gospel music industry, with every member, whether artist or a CEO, representing an integral and important part of GMA Asia’s mission to propagate the Gospel through music.

All forms of support will be appreciated, and we encourage you to respond whether you are interested in actively participating in GMA Asia’s administration or in aiding us through prayer in moving this project forward.

We sincerely implore you to consider becoming a part of this historical movement to spread gospel music throughout Asia and the rest of the world, and we look forward to your reply.