Pastor Marvin Winans rose to fame as a member of the Winans -- not just the well-known First Family of contemporary Black gospel, but the actual quartet of that name which laid the foundation for the family's veritable gospel empire beginning in the early 1980s. Winans never really chose to devote his focus to a solo career, preferring instead to lend his talents as a vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer to both a wide selection of Winans-related projects and many other gospel performers over the course of the '80s and '90s. Additionally, Winans founded his own chur...