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Kevin Max Joins the Ichthus Online Writing Team

Acclaimed singer/songwriter and author Kevin Max has made his debut as a contributing writer for the newly re-launched website of Ichthus Ministries, Inc., the parent company of the popular Ichthus Festival. The new and improved website can be viewed online at www.ichthus.org. To kick off his involvement with the site, readers were asked to submit questions to Max.

Ten questions were handpicked from the hundreds submitted, and those chosen now appear on the website's homepage. Those fortunate enough to have their question answered by Max also received an autographed copy of his latest CD, The Imposter. Max's future contributions to the website will include poetry, as well as other artistic offerings. The new and improved version of Ichthus Online, (IO) is geared toward the online community where teenagers, young adults and youth leaders can interact with one another.

Cool features include a chat room, message board, Christian news, and games. Readers can also sign up for a free e-newsletter. IO is also offering readers a chance to be included in a new book venture, tentatively titled Nothing But a Seed. The project is being compiled by IO's Wendell VanValin and readers are being asked to submit stories for the book. IO plans to post a sample chapter of the book online for 20 weeks. Then, at the conclusion of 20 weeks, IO will publish the best reader-submitted material in book form. Kevin Max, who recently released his latest CD project, The Imposter, has enjoyed incredible success as a solo artist and as a founding member of the popular group dcTalk. With dcTalk, Max has won four Grammy Awards, sold more than eight million records worldwide and had a Top 40 pop hit, "Just Between You and Me," (Virgin Records), which received significant airplay on VH1 and MTV. Max's new CD offers up 12 songs plus a bonus track, and gives music lovers an experience that is incisive, artistic, and uncompromising.

The idea of 'the imposter' was birthed from Brennan Manning's books, The Ragamuffin Gospel and Abba's Child. The album's central theme is the fight between the flesh and the spirit, which Manning discusses in his work. The Imposter is the long-awaited follow-up to Max's first solo album, Stereotype Be (Forefront/EMI CMG). The CD comes on the heels of the Between the Fence and the Universe EP that was recently made available independently. He is also the author of two poetry books - At the Foot of Heaven (Star Publishing Group) and Detritus of Dorian Grey (Blind Thief Publishing). Kevin Max's The Imposter is available on Northern Records and distributed by Infinity Music Distribution/Central South Distribution and Northern Distribution. Along with Max, Northern Records-founded in 1999 in Yorba Linda, Calif.-is home to Luxury, The Billions, All Things Bright and Beautiful, Holly Nelson and newcomer Kelly Ruppe.

Additional information about Kevin Max is available by visiting his website at www.kevinmax.com or the Northern Records website at www.NorthernRecords.com. Ichthus Ministries, Inc. was created in 1970 by seminary professor Dr. Bob Lyon and a group of concerned students at Asbury Theological Seminary as a Christian response to the 1969 Woodstock festival. Ichthus Ministries held the first Ichthus Festival, which was the first Christian music festival to take place in the nation, on May 9, 1970.

The festival continues to be popular to this day, and next year's event is planned for June 15-18 in Wilmore, Ky. Earlier this year, a series of Ichthus tours were created, kicking off with the "Let It Rain Tour" in March, and followed by the "Revolution Tour" in October.

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