Southern Gospel ?

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On Fri, 04 Sep 1998 16:37:06 EDT sterrett@JUNO.COM writes:
>On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 03:02:50 -0500 tlwitness@JUNO.COM (Jerry Welch) 
>writes:
> 
>>Don't feel so bad.  I got kicked out of playing bass for the choir 
>>because I wrote a song that was not Southern Gospel...
> 
>I keep seeing this type of comment crop up here and there and
>I just have to ask, just how many Apostolic churches actually
>sing Southern Gospel?

At THIS Church, at the time, besides the songs in the hymnals, that was
the ONLY "authorized" music allowed.  Contemporary artists like Sandi
Patti were even frowned upon.

>I am a city boy trapped in a farm town right outside Indianapolis
>but I cannot recall of being in *any* Apostolic church which 
>sang southern gospel.....then again, I am in a midwestern,
>yankee state, so maybe that is the reason for my lack of 
>Southern/country/tear in my coke/ taste of musical knowledge. ;-)

No, this Church was in Central Illinois, but it WAS in the mid 80's. 
They have since "fallen prey to the lust of contemporary Christian music"
  ;)

>Last I checked in my church, the older saints still like to pull out
>the song book and sing the oldie but goodies, but never in a 
>southern flavor.  Why just a few weeks ago, they allowed me to
>grace the platform and lead the youth choir through a few fast/
>hold on to your walkers/grab ahold of the pew and shout/ type
>songs.  I thought for sure I was going to be the first ex-communicated
>Apostolic in this church, but sure enough, they liked it....or they 
>turned their hearing aids down....one of the two.  :-)  :-)  :-)

:)  Have you ever heard some of the music from the Alexandria La choir? 
They have one that would have sent me to Hell in the 80's called "Mercy
Killing".  I gotta admit, I love it, though.

Jerry Welch

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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