List of televised award winners:

Special recognition honors also presented this evening included:
Lifetime Achievement Award - Hillsong

GMA IMPACT AWARD – Eddie DeGarmo

The Grady Nutt Humor Award – Akintunde

The Outstanding Mainstream Contribution to Gospel Music Award - SiriusXM

Quote pulls from the 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards:
"We believe the local church is going to be the salvation to the rest of the world. Keep the church strong. Through the sacrifices of many...on behalf of 1000s of volunteers, over the past 30 years- I've been honored to be a part of this. -Creative Pastor JD--accepting on behalf of Hillsong

"We always say faith, family, and ducks. In that order." - Alan Robertson

"I was writing this music for the people that sit in the back pew of the church. People that do come, but it's not quite in their hearts." - Jonathan McReynolds

"We grew up singing at those old time tent revivals, and we've been praying this year that God would just revive this world." - Karen Peck and New River on "Revival"

"It's called Thicker Than Water...we are kind of like the black Brady Bunch." -The Tankards- Rock Rockman

"People are hungry. They want some light from heaven. The song inspired the film. These guys came along and made it into something special." -Michael Tait of the Newsboys on "God's Not Dead"

"When you hear a good traditional gospel song it makes you wanna go buy a three piece suit" - Pat Boone

"I'm amazed by his love, I'm honored by the fact He would choose me and use me to spread his love." Erica Campbell

"I have been encouraged tonight in a polarized world to see a bunch of young folks with a whole lot of energy coming together to praise the Lord." - Bill Gaither

"We praise until the breakthrough comes, and I love to get to watch that happen." Kari Jobe

"Honestly, I'm just sitting in God's word and the songs just keep coming." - Ellie Holcomb

"Some of our jokes we made up on the fly. I love Lecrae we have been friends for a while and he is just one of my favorite people." - Bart Millard of MercyMe referring to co-host Lecrae

OfficiaI images provided by Rick Diamond and Terry Wyatt of Getty Images for the 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards:

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45th Annual Dove Awards - Red Carpet
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45th Annual Dove Awards - Show
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Jonathan McReynolds and Meredith Andrews were the co-hosts of the preshow ceremony where over 30 of the awards were received and outstanding performances were made by many top artists. Both the preshow and the Dove Cares Red Carpet were streamed on www.hearitfirst.com/live.

The night could not have been a success without the contributions of the partners which include: Cantinas Foundation, SoundExchange, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Grand Canyon University, Lipscomb University, Hear It First, Salem Communications, Yes Lord! Radio.

Tonight’s 42 award presentations represent a wide-array of musical styles ranging from Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Rap/Hip-Hop, Urban, Country, Worship, Contemporary and Traditional Gospel, Rock, Pop, Bluegrass, Spanish Language and Inspirational categories.

The memberships of the GMA (Gospel Music Association) determine the winners in each category. Kraft CPA is the official accounting firm for the GMA.

About GMA: Founded in 1964, the Gospel Music Association serves as the face and voice for the Gospel/Christian music community and is dedicated to exposing, promoting and celebrating the Gospel through music of all styles including Pop, Rock, Praise & Worship, Urban Gospel, R&B, Hip Hop, Southern Gospel, Bluegrass, Country and more. The GMA community includes agents, artists, church leaders, managers, promoters, radio personnel, record company executives, retailers, songwriters and other industry visionaries. The GMA produces the GMA Dove Awards and IMMERSE. For more on supporting the GMA or becoming a member, please visit www.gospelmusic.org.

About the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks: With 28 networks and growing worldwide, the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks is the world's largest faith-and-family television group, airing a broad range of church and ministry programming, Christian music, family friendly movies, children's programming, and shows for teens and young adults 24 hours a day to every inhabited continent via 87 satellites and 20,000 television and cable affiliates. In addition, TBN's most popular global networks are available on computers, smart phones, and other mobile devices, and over 24,000 hours of entertaining and inspiring On-Demand programming is accessible via TBN's innovative online network, iTBN.org. To find out more about the Trinity Broadcasting Family of Networks, log on to www.tbn.org.

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