The division will be based in WME’s Nashville office.

The three agents come from Paradigm and bring with them CeCe Winans, Jeremy Camp, MercyMe, and Tenth Avenue North, among other clients.

Snider was co-head of Paradigm’s Nashville office, handling Christian and country music.

He joined the agency after it bought Third Coast Artists Agency, which he co-owned, in 2010.

Huffman and Rauter joined Paradigm through the acquisition as well.

William Morris had a Christian music department headed by Charles Dorris who sold his Charles Dorris & Associates to the agency in 1993.

After 15 years with the company, Dorris relaunched his own business in 2009.

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