She ran. Adia didn’t answer the call. She didn’t initially answer the divine call from God to pursue ministry through music — though both were deeply ingrained in the family tree.

Chester and Angela Andrews, parents of the 2009 graduate of Huntsville’s Sparkman High School, are PKs — preacher’s kids. Chester is a respected gospel songwriter and artist; Angela sang and led church choirs. “On my mom’s side, my whole family sings, so when we get together,” Adia (full name: Destiny Adia Andrews) says, “It’s one big choir.”

Before moving to Alabama when Adia and her younger sister were in high school, the family lived in Aurora, Illinois. While there, Angela also wrote and produced Christian plays. “Mom was the Tyler Perry of Chicago when I was growing up,” Adia says. “She did amazing plays a

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