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Mar 27, 2023 · Geography & Environment Human Environment Counties Limestone County. Jake Hess Jake Hess (1927-2004) of Limestone County was a noted and prolific southern gospel singer. A four-time Grammy winner, Hess produced over his career 10 solo albums and 49 albums with various gospel groups.
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Re-establishing the gospel above all else as the foundation of our unity and focus of our mission. The apostle Paul said that the gospel is “of first importance” (1 Corinthians 15:3–4). If we are going to move forward in unity, we have got to keep the gospel at the center of all we do. The gospel must be greater than our programs, greater than our ...
The apostle John summarized Jesus’s ministry in one phrase: “full of grace and truth” (John 1:17). To minister to our culture like Jesus, we must aim for that same balance. Truth without grace is fundamentalism; grace without truth is liberalism. The combination of grace and truth made Jesus irresistibly attractive to people of all kinds, and will ...
For the SBC, the road forward may be difficult, but it’s not impossible. More than 21 percent of Southern Baptists are non-white. Let that sink in—and praise God for it! The numbers, in fact, align rather closely to the national census statistics. The U.S. population is 1. 12% African-American 2. 16% Latino, and 3. 4.7% Asian. The number of Souther...
I am first a husband and father, and second a local church pastor. These have been and will remain my primary assignments. Please pray that God gives all of us—my family, our church, and the denomination—grace for the future. Pray that my kids grow up to love Jesus and the sheep. Pray for wisdom for me. Even those of us appointed to be shepherds ar...
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Urged by community leaders to leave before violence erupted, most Latter-day Saints migrated northward, establishing a new western headquarters at Far West, Missouri. Responding to this movement of thousands of Latter-day Saints into unsettled northwestern Missouri, the state legislature in late 1836 created two new counties, Caldwell and Daviess.
The Southern Gospel Music Association (SGMA) is a professional association of artists, songwriters, industry workers, and fans founded to preserve, protect, and promote Southern Gospel Music, its history, and heritage. Click HERE to become a member today and help select future members of the SGMA Hall Of Fame! Partnerships are offered in tiers ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Part of the basis of Southern Gospel were traditional postbellum shape note singing schools. At that time, shape note singing was most popular among rural singers. According to James Goff, Jr in his book “Close Harmony: History of Southern Gospel”, itinerant singing school instructors organized shape singing local, regional, and even national singing conventions and local quartets sung the ...
May 14, 2003 · Southern gospel music makers flocked to recording, radio, and television studios. The success of the early southern gospel quartets inspired the formation of musical groups of other sizes—duets, trios, and larger ensembles. In time, what would be called southern gospel music asserted its influence on other musical genres popular in the South.
Blackwood Brothers Quartet. The Roots of Southern Gospel Music – and Its Branches in the Ozarks. By Matt Meacham. Matt Meacham, program manager for statewide engagement with Illinois Humanities, was a public folklorist with the West Plains Council on the Arts from 2007 to 2011.
