Top Christian Singer Kari Jobe Joins With Exciting Film 'Not Today' to Fight Human Trafficking

"Not Today' Launches in Theaters Nationwide April 12

"Not today is definitely a movie that you have to see." Kari Jobe

NotTodaytheMovie.com

YORBA LINDA, Calif. – Feb. 27, 2013 – Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning Christian recording artist Kari Jobe—along with an impressive list of global partners—is lending her support to the exciting new film NOT TODAY in the fight against human trafficking.

Gripping, entertaining and ultimately redemptive, NOT TODAY helps audiences put a human face on the worldwide problem of modern slavery and exploitation.

“We all have to play a role and do our part to fight against the plague that affects 27 million people and growing,” Jobe said. “It’s so incredibly dark, and I feel a responsibility to do what I can. Most of these victims are girls like me, and I can’t imagine what life would be like in that place.”

Produced by Friends Media, NOT TODAY features rising star Cody Longo (Hollywood Heights, Fame, Make It or Break It) as Caden, a spoiled SoCal rich kid partying in India. On mean city streets, he’s oblivious to the so-called “untouchables” until a young girl sold into slavery draws him into the world of India’s outcast Dalits. In the struggle to find her, Caden finds himself and his faith re-energized. Also featured in NOT TODAY: John Schneider (OCTOBER BABY, Smallville, The Dukes of Hazzard), Shari Rigby (OCTOBER BABY, The Bold and the Beautiful) and Cassie Scerbo (Make It or Break It, Hot in Cleveland).

With a 2013 Grammy nomination for her hit CD Where I Find You, Jobe recently recorded the song What Love Can Do, produced by multiple Dove Award winner and Grammy nominee Ed Cash. The song and accompanying video offer Jobe’s personal support for NOT TODAY. No newcomer to the fight against human trafficking, Jobe is performing now with Chris Tomlin’s Burning Light’s Tour, which also features Louie Giglio, whose 2013 Passion conference focused on the subject as well.

SEE AND HEAR KARI JOBE SING ‘WHAT LOVE CAN DO’

Along with Jobe, an impressive array of ministry partners have pledged to promote the film.

"Our Christian faith compels us to lift our hands up with conviction and stretch our hands across with compassion,” said Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference Hispanic Evangelical Association. “NOT TODAY moves us to reconcile sanctification with service, faith with action and righteousness with justice. Whether it's creating a firewall against a caste system that does not recognize the image of God in every human being or lifting a clarion call against human trafficking, NOT TODAY is more than a movie. NOT TODAY stands as a clarion call to do justice in the name of Jesus."

Global partners like NHCLC advance the film’s important message through their worldwide networks of supporters. Additional NOT TODAY partners include:

Dalit Freedom Network
Operation Mobilization India
Operation Mobilization USA
International Justice Mission
IMB (International Mission Board)
Focus On The Family
Salvation Army Vision Network
YWAM (Youth With A Mission International)
NOT TODAY production company Friends Media is a ministry arm of Friends Church of Yorba Linda, Calif. Using education to lift Dalit lives and prospects, Friends Church has committed $20 million to build 200 of 1,000 proposed schools for Dalit children in the coming decade. Friends already has funded more than 40 of the current 107 schools. Profits from NOT TODAY go toward building schools and freeing children.

NOT TODAY premieres across the nation April 12 in these markets:

Los Angeles (Orange County), Calif.
Houston, Texas
San Diego, Calif.
Dallas, Texas
San Jose, Calif.
San Francisco, Calif.
Columbus, Ohio
Seattle, Wash.
Denver (Littleton), Colo.
Washington, D.C.
Nashville, Tenn.
Portland, Ore.
Sacramento, Calif.
Virginia Beach, Va.
Atlanta, Ga.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Orlando, Fla.
Akron, Ohio
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
West Palm Beach/Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
For more information, visit: NotTodaytheMovie.com

KARI JOBE, ISRAEL HOUGHTON AND JENNIE LEE RIDDLE EACH HONORED WITH 2 DOVE AWARDS

Kari Jobe Performed Worship Song of the Year “Revelation Song” (written by Songwriter of the Year Jennie Lee Riddle)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – April 22, 2010 – Integrity Music artists Kari Jobe and Israel Houghton took home two Dove Awards and Jennie Lee Riddle, writer of “Revelation Song,” was named the Dove Award Songwriter of the Year last night in Nashville.

The 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards, Christian/Gospel music’s biggest night of the year, was held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville and will be seen on television nationwide on gmc (http://www.gmclife.com), Sunday, April 25, 2010 from 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. EST. gmc can be seen on various cable systems around the country, on DIRECTV on channel 338 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 224.


Jobe, whose debut self-title project was the year’s biggest-selling CD by a new artist, received two Dove trophies for Spanish Language Album of the Year for the Spanish version of her debut record and Special Event Album of the Year for her participation on the Glory Revealed II: The Word of God In Worship.

The awards were just part of Jobe’s exciting first experience at the Dove Awards as she revealed her gifts as a worshipper and vocalist tonight joining Phillips, Craig & Dean onstage for a powerful collaboration of "Revelation Song," and judging from the audience’s thunderous reaction it was one of the most powerful performances of the night.


Jennie Lee Riddle and Kari Jobe celebrate their Dove Awards with their Integrity Music and Gateway Church families.
“Revelation Song” won the Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year for its writer Jennie Lee Riddle, a Gateway Create/Integrity Praise Music songwriter. “Revelation Song” is featured Jobe's debut album and was also a radio hit for Phillips, Craig & Dean. That song and its impact in churches and on the radio was one of the key reasons Riddle was given her additional Dove Award as Songwriter of the Year, a tremendous honor in a music genre that is defined by its lyrics.

Israel Houghton, after winning his third GRAMMY Award earlier this year, was honored with two Dove Awards last night. The title track “The Power of One” from his latest CD was named the Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year and “Just Wanna Say” from The Power of One won Urban Recorded Song of the Year (in a tie with BeBe and CeCe Winan’s “Close To You.”).

Earlier in the week, leading U.S. music rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) saluted the past year’s most-performed songs on Christian radio and television during its annual Christian Music Awards. Integrity Music Publishing and songwriter received two awards -- My Name is Victory” by BMI songwriter, Jonathan Nelson; and “Today is the Day” by BMI songwriter, Lincoln Brewster (co-written with ASCAP writer Paul Baloche).

KARI JOBE INVITED TO BE ON EASTER PROGRAM AT SADDLEBACK CHURCH

Pastor Rick Warren Uses Twitter to Announce Kari and Jonas Brothers as Special Guests

Fans Can Vote For Kari For Dove Award New Artist of the Year

MOBILE, Ala. – March 10, 2010 -- Kari Jobe, Dove Award New Artist of the Year nominee and 2009's top-selling debut artist, will celebrate Easter Sunday at Saddleback Church, the Southern California mega-church pastored by Rick Warren. Warren invited Jobe to lead worship that morning, along with The Jonas Brothers.


The special Easter service will be held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim at 10 a.m. on April 4. This Easter service marks Saddleback's 30th anniversary and is expected to be attended by up to 50,000 worshippers. Pastor Warren personally announced Jobe's participation by Twitter last week (www.twitter.com/rickwarren).

Later in April, Jobe will be in Nashville for the 41st Annual Dove Awards where she is nominated for New Artist of the Year, one of the award show's most prestigious honors. She is recognized for her best-selling, self-titled debut CD and her growing reputation as one of the most respected female worship leaders in the country. In addition to New Artist, Jobe is also nominated for Spanish Language Album of the Year (for the Spanish language version of her debut CD) and for Special Event Album for Glory Revealed II: The Word of God In Worship.

The public is invited to vote for Jobe as New Artist of the Year thanks to a special promotion by gmc, the broadcast network that will televise the Dove Awards live on Sunday, April 25 at 8/7c. Fans can vote by going online to http://gmclife.com/fanvoting and by texting DOVE JOBE to the TXT number 72648. Each fan may cast their vote both online and by text. Voting closes on April 20.

Jobe will join Desperation Band on a special Heartwork Tour which will visit 13 cities during the month of May. More details on the Heartwork Tour will be announced soon.

To connect with Kari Jobe, visit www.karijobe.com; www.twitter.com/karijobe and www.facebook.com/karijobe.