2017 BMI Christian Awards winners BMI held their annual Christian music awards at the BMI offices in Nashville, TN last night, celebrating the most performed contemporary Christian, inspirational and southern gospel songs of 2016. The invitation-only awards dinner is an eagerly anticipated event each year and draws from an international assortment of Christian music industry leaders, songwriters, publishers, performers and the media. A cclaimed producer and prolific songwriter Bernie Herms received the BMI Christian Music Songwriter of the Year Award at last night’s BMI Christian Music Awards, the top honor of the night and another victory for Herms who won a GRAMMY® for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song earlier this year. He also received four BMI Song Awards for “Christ In Me,” “Just Be Held,” “Thy Will” and “Tell Your Heart To Beat Again.” Herms said of the evening, "It's such an incredible honor to be recognized in this way among my ...