Where did contemporary gospel music originate?

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If one means African American gospel, then it obviously started with them - being a mixture of western and african music.

If by contemporary gospel music you just mean modern christian music, it might be interesting to know that Martin Luther took a song that was sang in pubs and wrote christian words for that. If I remember correctly it is "A mighty fortress is our God".

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