Ace gospel singer, Donnie McClurkin has announced his
engagement to Nicole C Mullen [also a gospel singer] on the “Praise The Lord”
TV show on the Christian broadcasting station.
McClurkin, 56 who is a single father stated that the only
thing missing in his life is marriage.
Donnie McClurkin was the musical guest on TBN's
long-running "Praise the Lord" ministry show Thursday night where it
was revealed that he and Nicole C. Mullen are getting married.
Matt Crouch and his wife, Laurie, were joined on the show
by guests A.R. Bernard and McClurkin where the former revealed that he would be
giving McClurkin marriage counseling in the near future.
Rumors that McClurkin and Mullen were dating started
circulating after the two attended this year's Stellar Awards together. But the
gospel singers never made an official announcement about their romance until
Thursday's episode of "Praise the Lord."
Bernard hinted at McClurkin's engagement during a
discussion about his new book, What Women Want From Men. Crouch then stood up
and announced that the 56-year-old "We Fall Down" singer and
Perfecting Faith Church pastor is, in fact, on course to getting married.
"OK, are you ready for something? You want me to
just drop something on ya?" Crouch asked the audience as he shouted,
"Donnie McClurkin's getting married! Come on!"
The audience erupted with praise as the camera zoomed in
on a stunned McClurkin who was possibly not aware that Crouch was going to make
the announcement on an international television show. Laurie, afraid that her
husband had spoken too soon, asked if they should consider editing the
information out of the program but McClurkin then proceeded to explain his
decision.
"Well praise God," McClurkin responded.
"Honestly, the only thing in my life that is missing is marriage. The only
thing that is missing in my life that can cause real family, is marriage.
Financially, I'm there. Spiritually, I'm almost there. Emotionally, I'm getting
it together. But the only thing that's missing out of everything that I'm doing
locally, cross country and globally is that aspect that makes family, family —
is that wife that would make man whole, that element that brings favor to
man."
The pastor went on to quote Proverbs 18:22. The verse
says "he who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the
Lord." And that is what McClurkin says he's looking forward to in this
season of his life.
"I have a lot of great things, but I don't have a
good thing, and there's favor that can only come through marriage to a
man," he continued.
The New York-based minster talked about spending his
nights watching Cartoon Network until 2 a.m. and confessed that he has come to
realize the missing part of his existence is to have a help mate.
"To have someone that I can love. I'm not saying to
love me, 'cause there's a lot of people that love me. I want someone that I can
love, heal and comfort, protect and secure. That's what I want," he said.
Bernard agreed that a wife is the accountability partner
that God gives to men to help them in the maturation process. The show then
progressed to become an on the spot premarital counseling session for the
Grammy Award-winner.
Twenty-three minutes into the program, Crouch asked
McClurkin to name his future bride. McClurkin then described how God brought
him and Mullen together on an flight to Africa in December 2015.
McClurkin said that even though they've known each other
for 15 years, the first time they really had a chance to talk was when they
were seated next to each other on a flight to the Ivory Coast, during which
they spoke for eight hours.
Both singers have been open about their love lives in the
past. Mullen was previously married to CCM singer-songwriter David Mullen,
before they announced their divorce in 2014.
While McClurkin has never been married, the single father
has been open about his struggles with his feelings of loneliness.
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