Amy Grant, once revered as the leading contemporary Christian artist, faced immense backlash following her 1999 divorce announcement after seventeen years of marriage to Gary Chapman. Rumors suggested her affections lay with country artist Vince Gill, igniting controversy within Evangelical circles.

Christian radio stations ceased playing her songs, and bookstores removed her albums from their shelves, with her ongoing record deal making headlines. For many Evangelicals, the decision was clear: Amy Grant had been "canceled."

Chapman publicly accused her of having an inappropriate relationship with Gill. In an interview with People, he stated, “Since the beginning of 1994, they had what I would call an inappropriate friendship, which was destructive to our marriage.” The media had a field day with their supposed romance, leading Grant to clarify that the rumors were exaggerated.

As the fallout escalated, Grant found herself branded by her faith community with derogatory labels, including ‘adulteress’ and ‘whore’. Many families removed her music from their homes, and her songs were banned from church events. In the midst of