A Seaside church doubles down on gospel and praise music for two days.

Greater Victory Temple Church in Seaside has been a consequential spot for gospel music for many years, bringing in singers who were or later became celebrated, like Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker and John P. Kee.

“We have a history of doing these [concerts],” says Annette Garnett, the church’s marketing director. “But we haven’t done this in 10 years.”

They’re back like they never left, putting on “Praise and Worship Explosion,” featuring two headliners.

Benita Washington has toured with the likes of CeCe Winans, someone you don’t want to share a stage with unless you can bring the business. Washington can. Her song “Yahweh” starts with sing-along chants of not one but two choruses, then turns on chords that sound like something from Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, while Washington belts it out like a progeny of Mahalia Jackson.

Jecklyn Carr is a 19-year-old Atlanta phenom whose voice sounds more mature and in control than her youth would suggest. On her single “You’re Bigger” she starts with a slight tremolo that whips into a gale force of emotion.

Both headliners will have back-up singers, will be accompanied by Greater Victory’s church band, and the show opens with Bay Area performers Lena Byrd-Miles and Alfreda Lyons-Campbell.

If you are not religious, or of a different religion, you don’t have to be put off by all the praise and worship. Bach is religious music. So are many Christmas songs. Like Aristotle said, you can entertain a thought without accepting it. In this case, the thought – or, the music – will entertain you.

PRAISE AND WORSHIP EXPLOSION 7:30pm Fri and 5:30pm Sun (Dec. 2 and 4) at Greater Victory Temple Church of God, 1620 Broadway Ave., Seaside. $15-$20 (includes both days). 394-2774, www.BrownPaperTickets.com.