On a Friday morning in early October, musicians, industry executives and politicians packed into the open-air café at the brand new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music — the first museum in the U.S.

Gospel music fans will have an opportunity to hear a nationally known group later this month when Ernie Couch & Revival comes to Breckenridge.

There’s a well-known saying that the most segregated hour in the U.S. is 11 a.m. on Sunday. That aphorism reflects the longstanding reality that 86% of churches lacked meaningful racial diversity as ...