Ed Cash wins big at BMI's Christian Music Awards

Ed Cash won songwriter of the year honors and his composition ''Made to Worship'' was named song of the year Saturday at BMI's 2008 Christian Music Awards.

Broadcast Music Inc., a performing rights organization, recognizes the writers and publishers of the most-performed songs on Christian radio and television during the previous year.

Awards were presented in five categories: Christian rock, contemporary Christian, inspirational, urban gospel and Southern gospel.

Cash won the songwriter award for ''Made to Worship,'' ''Holding Onto You'' and ''How Can I Keep from Singing.''

The night's other big winners included gospel luminary Donald Lawrence; contemporary Christian star Aaron Shust; genre-bender tobyMac; Christian rock outfit Red's Jasen Rauch and Anthony Armstrong; urban gospel singer Kirk Franklin; Jars of Clay members Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Steve Mason and Matt Odmark; and Mark Hall, the 2007 Christian songwriter of the year.

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