About
Lady Christine Foster
Evangelist Christine Carmichael Foster was born in Aberdeen, Maryland and raised there by her loving parents Nicholas and Dolola Camichael. She began attending Gospel Tabernacle Church in Havre De Grace, MD at 4 weeks of age o and was a faithful member there for over 30 years. Her pastor’s were Bishop C.H. Johnson and Bishop Harry T. Lee, Sr.
She was baptized in Jesus’ name at an early age and later filled with the Holy Ghost at age 9. Her experience of being filled was somewhat like that of the great Shirley Caesar. She too lived a life of going to church and loved it so much that she and her sister Koren Carmichael Turner would often play church in their bedroom immediately after returning home. One day while playing church, her playing in the spirit turned into her being filled with the spirit of God. Her mother noticed that there was a change in her voice and immediately rushed to the bedroom where she found Christine speaking in unknown tongues as the Spirit of God gave utterance.
Christine began playing the piano and writing her own music at age 10. The elders of Gospel Tabernacle Church prayed and laid hands on her and God did the rest. She began directing her first choir at age 12; the Junior Choir. The Junior Choir was later renamed Deliverance. Christine directed the Deliverance Choir for over 23 years.
After graduating from Aberdeen High School, Christine decided to enhance her career by attending The Katherine Gibbs Business School in Rockville, MD where she obtained her education in business which led her to an Administrative Professional’s career with The Harford County Public School System and later many professional offices in the medical fields of Delaware. Christine was employed by Harford County Public School’s for over 15 years. During her tenure at the HCPS, Christine, was asked to be the director of a Gospel Choir which she had begun while attending Aberdeen High as a student ironically God put her right back in place. The Aberdeen High School Gospel Choir became well known and traveled all over Harford County, Cecil County, Baltimore City, Washington, DC and even New York where the choir performed at the Apollo. The choir also performed at the Cal Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD. The choir received many prestigious awards throughout their 12 years of performing. Although touring with the choir was an exciting time in Christine’s life, the most important thing to her was making certain that she taught them how to live for God as she taught them how to sing. She was impacting the student’s lives in more ways then they even imagined. She understood that her purpose was to plant seeds into the lives of the young people and through their involvement in the choir, many have the Holy Ghost today, and are leading youth groups in their local churches. For that she is grateful to have been able to plant a seed in them, and watch God give the increase.
Christine has traveled all over singing for the LORD. She has been to Virginia, Chicago, North Carolina, Connecticut, California, and Tennessee, where she sang on the Bobby Jones Gospel show, to name of few. Christine was a winner at the 2007 Mountaire Gospel Talent Search. She says that your gift will make room for you and certainly her gifts have made room. She has assisted many churches with their music ministries throughout the years. She has taught many choir workshops, worked along side other recording artists, and assisted in the arrangement of vocals, and music. Christine became a member of the ECMA in January of 2016 under the leadership of Mr. Henry Harris and since that time has gained a new and fresh perspective of where she is and wants to go musically. The best is yet to come!
Christine says “I count it a privilege that God would gift me, a once shy young lady, with such musical talent” I know that this gift was given to me for a purpose.” The music industry is so vast, but she believes that God has commissioned her to walk in her calling with Integrity. “I believe that God wants us as ministers’ of music to reach souls. The music should be good, but the words are the most important. I want someone’s life to be changed through the music that God has given me. If that happens, then I know I am accomplishing what God has designed for me to do.”
Evangelist Christine Carmichael Foster is married to a wonderful and supporting husband, Bishop Wayne Nathaniel Foster, Sr. She believes that his belief and support of her music is one of the primary reasons why her first CD was released. She is also the mother of 9 beautifully talented and anointed children: Ariel, Shanelle, Lauriel, Shaquan, Tyquan, Wayne, Jr., Jasmine, Andrew, and DeJah and 20 grandchildren. She believes it is through their support of her over the years that she had made it through many tough times. However, because all things work together for the good of them who love the Lord…her music ministry was thus birthed. Through her pain, came her promise!