If you invited an unsaved friend to a Southern Gospel concert…
If you wanted to invite an unsaved friend to a Southern Gospel concert, and could pick a concert by any group, which group’s concert would you take your friend to?
I started a thread on the Singing News forums asking this question. It will be interesting to watch the responses.
But here is how I would answer the question: It all depends on the person.
If the person was a member of the MTV generation, I would probably take them to a Signature Sound concert. That would unquestionably get their attention, and hopefully they would be ready to hear the Gospel message contained in songs like “Forgiven Again” or “Oh, What a Savior.”
But, truth be told, I don’t believe I have any unsaved friends near my own age. I probably have more unsaved friends over 40 than under. Who would I take them to hear?
This question is a little harder to answer. One of the first groups that comes to mind might be the Mark Trammell Trio, because Mark lays out the Gospel so clearly and many of his concerts are specifically evangelistic in nature. But I don’t really know which group I would most prefer to invite an unsaved friend to hear. It will be interesting to read your perspectives, both in the Singing News forum and in the comments here.
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Comment by Roanna (October 24, 2006, 10:23 am)
If I was taking a teenage or young adult unsaved friend to a concert I would take them to see my favorite group Signature Sound. Why? Well, I think that SSQ would be able to “capture” their attention with their choregraphy on stage and then “wham” hit them with the Gospel message when they don’t have their barrier up. I realize that alot of people don’t like SSQ for the above mentioned, but I believe that it is one of their tools to reaching young people. (I’m a young person myself)
Another group I would take an unsaved friend to is Legacy Five. Why? Simply because I think that Frank Seamans has a wonderful testimony. (I’m sure many have heard him tell it.)
There are more that I could elaborate on like Kirk Talley, Kenny Bishop, Randy Keeling (from thekeelings.org), and I’m sure there are even more than the above mentioned. These are just a handfew, and ones that I know of.
I guess I mostly focused on people that have “stories,”, so to speak, rather than what the messages are that they speak about. Maybe that is because in the world today alot of what has happened in these peoples lives is still happening and God could use their stories of how God brought them from the rough to him.. Even Ernie Haase has a story of how God healed him from a severe case of spinal meningitis. (He doesn’t tell it at concerts, but it is in his Bio on their website)
WOW!! How God works even today!!!!
Roanna
Comment by Dean Adkins (October 24, 2006, 11:24 am)
Booth Brothers.
Comment by David Bruce Murray (October 28, 2006, 11:18 am)
I don’t think taking them to see the hippest group, in terms of appearance, would be the key to winning them over.
Taking them to see the most talented group would do the trick.
If I wanted to introduce them to male quartet music, I’d go with Gold City, the Dove Brothers or Triumphant.
If I wanted them to discover progressive SG, the best bet for the next few months would still be the Crabb Family.