On Sunday night, Kanye West brought Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience, his impromptu album-plus documentary premiere event, to New York. What he played — a working version of Jesus Is King ...

Jesus Is King relies on a 5-1-5 structure, with the middle song, “Everything We Need,” serving as a pivot point. In the front half, Kanye wants to live a life in service of Christ but his ...

That’s also why “Jesus Is King,” his 35-minute IMAX film released in conjunction with a new album of the same name, will largely and predictably preach almost exclusively to the converted.