Jim Cymbala is an America author and pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. He is also a former college basketball player, serving on the teams for the United States Naval Academy and the University of Rhode Island. Jim and his wife Carol (choir director) run the Brooklyn Tabernacle, this non-denominational Christian revival church has grown into one of the largest—with a congregation of nearly 10,000 from all walks of city life. Folks come from all over the world to see the 285-voice, six-time Grammy Award–winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, one of the nation’s most celebrated gospel choirs.

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