Trina Hairston: Saying “Yes” To God” With Debut EP

Today, I had the chance to catch up with Trina Hairston, of course part of the dynamic ministry with her husband JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise. The Hairston’s are no strangers to music with two decades of huge gospel hits, but now Trina is adding to the collection with a new EP called, Sanctified: Live from Ancient Oil. 

A while back I told JJ and Trina that they needed to have a church… I felt that in my spirit… but at the time, they were both leery of being in the ministry in that way. But, Trina said, she and JJ began to say “yes” to God’s word, no matter if they were scared or no matter what that looked like and are now co-Pastors at The Gathering Place DC.

With the new project, Trina said she, “wanted people to experience what we felt in God’s presence at the Ancient Oil Conference and hopes it touches and moves people into worship.” We also chatted about the new single from the 8-track project, “Nothing Else,” written by none other than JJ Hairston.

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Sanctified: Live from Ancient Oil (JamesTown Music / MRNK Records), is now available on all streaming platforms.

Trina Hairston is Co-Lead Pastor at The Gathering Place DC in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.  She has been an alto with JJ Hairston and Youthful Praise since 2002 and performed on a dozen of their albums. They are one of the most popular groups in recent gospel music history. They have won multiple Billboard Music Awards, Dove Awards, and Stellar Gospel Music Awards over the years. Their song “You Deserve It” was No. 1 on Billboard’s coveted Gospel Airplay chart for ten weeks in 2017. The group has amassed over 200 million digital streams to date.