Gospel singers Donnie McClurkin and Nicole C Mullen are engaged

American gospel singers Donnie McClurkin and Nicole C.
Mullen are getting married. Donnie McClurkin made the
announcement when he appeared on TBN's long -running
"Praise the Lord" ministry show on Thursday night.
Rumors that McClurkin and Mullen, 49, were dating started
circulating after the two stepped out together at the 2015
Stellar Awards. But the gospel singers never made an official
announcement about their romance until Thursday.
A.R. Bernard, who was also a guest on the show hinted at
McClurkin's engagement during a discussion about his new
book, What Women Want From Men. Th show host Matt
Crouch then stood up and announced that the 56-year-old
"We Fall Down" singer and Perfecting Faith Church pastor is,
in fact, on course to getting married.
"OK, are you ready for something? You want me to just drop
something on ya?" Crouch asked the audience as he shouted,
"Donnie McClurkin's getting married! Come on!"
McClurkin then proceeded to explain his decision. "Well praise
God," he said. "Honestly, the only thing in my life that is
missing is marriage. The only thing that is missing in my life
that can cause real family, is marriage. Financially, I'm there.
Spiritually, I'm almost there. Emotionally, I'm getting it
together. But the only thing that's missing out of everything
that I'm doing locally, cross country and globally is that
aspect that makes family, family — is that wife that would
make man whole, that element that brings favor to man."
"I have a lot of great things, but I don't have a good thing,
and there's favor that can only come through marriage to a
man,"
The New York-based minister talked about spending his
nights watching Cartoon Network until 2 a.m. and confessed
that he has come to realize the missing part of his existence
is to have a help mate.
"To have someone that I can love. I'm not saying to love me,
'cause there's a lot of people that love me. I want someone
that I can love, heal and comfort, protect and secure. That's
what I want," he said.
Crouch asked McClurkin to name his future bride and
McClurkin described how God brought him and Mullen
together on an flight to Africa in December 2015.
McClurkin said that even though they've known each other for
15 years, the first time they really had a chance to talk was
when they were seated next to each other on a flight to Ivory
Coast, during which they spoke for eight hours.
Mullen was married twice. During her first marriage, the
songwriter and choreographer endured physical and mental
abuse. In 1993, she married CCM singer-songwriter David
Mullen. They announced their divorce in 2014, citing "Biblical
reasons" The marriage produced three children, one daughter
and two sons.
Donnie has a biological son and an adopted daughter but this
will be his first marriage