Saving souls through the spirit of gospel music Philadelphia Daily News

INQUIRER DAILY NEWS About us Subscribe Site map Jobs Cars Real Estate Rentals Marketplace Classifieds Shopping Tickets Zeppy Pets Place An Ad Home News What s Happening Sports Restaurants News Archives Multimedia Restaurants Movies Events Jobs Cars Homes Apartments Classifieds Web Search powered by YAHOO SEARCH News Update TEXT SIZE A A A A email this print this SAVE AND SHARE Posted on Sat May. Faith Saving souls through the spirit of gospel music By ERIC O. SHIPMAN T HE FRUIT of the righteous is a tree of life and he that winneth souls is wise. Proverbs I ve been blessed by God and this is my testimony. I was born in the small town of Hallsboro N.C. to a strong black woman named Estella Shipman Hyman. After I was my father separated himself from a son that longed to be fathered but God had a plan for my life. Not only did my mother raise me but my great grandmother Lillie B. Shaw influenced my life like no other. She introduced me to Jesus Christ at a very young age. Every! Sunday morning I remember how my great grandmother gathered the whole family for devotional time. One would read the Scripture s another would pray and someone else would sing hyms like In The Cross and No Not One. I can still hear her singing those songs. I would love for that to be my whole testimony but that is just the beginning. When my mother and I moved to Philadelphia I was . Being introduced to so many new things in a new place at such a fast rate my only regret is that I was exposed to the bad as well as the good. Not only did I learn how to be responsible and earn a little money at a supermarket bagging groceries I was also exposed to everything from drugs to pornography by those in the streets I considered to be my friends. I learned how to do everything I could get away with. It would take a loving and forgiving God to change my life from darkness to light and deliver me from the sinful strongholds in my life. After receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as my person! al Savior at age I began my new life and wanted to share this newfound joy with everyone who would listen. At age I sang my first solo in a church. That led me to a greater love and appreciation for gospel music that continues to this day. It has taken seven years but I ve finished my CD titled What Will It Take. It took life s experiences and the anointing of God to catapult me to where I am today. It was my first wife Minister Linda Shipman who is now with the Lord who prayed for my anointing to write songs to God s glory. Many times after I ve ministered in song people have approached me to say how much they were blessed. There was this one particular service in which a young lady who was dressed in Muslim garb approached me to say that she was moved by the song she had just heard. She even stated that she was almost persuaded to become a Christian. This speaks volumes to me. Gospel music can even break through religious barriers to convict the hearts of people. And when I hear from the parents of children who are as young as singing songs ! that I ve written it says much more to me than anything that I can describe. I ve sung different genres of music but none can compare to the life changing effect of gospel music. No other music can inspire and provoke you to live a life for Christ. God has given me this gift to sing and it s my responsibility to use it for his glory. Editor s note For more information concerning Eric O. 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US evangelicals call for step back from politics AlertNet

About AlertNet About Reuters Low graphics Mobile Login About us Thu May GMT Home All news Africa Americas AlertNet insight News Blogs Pictures Crisis briefings Country statistics Asia Europe Middle East Topics For journalists Interactive mapping Map catalogue News partners Blogger profiles Emails and alerts Job search Weekly quiz Text Subscribe Email Print RSS U.S. evangelicals call for step back from politics May GMT May GMT for search indexer do not remove Source Reuters By Ed Stoddard DALLAS May Reuters A group of U.S. evangelical leaders called on Wednesday for a pullback from party politics so that followers would not become useful idiots exploited for partisan gain. One in four U.S. adults count themselves as evangelical Protestants giving them serious clout in a country where religion and politics often mix. Conservative evangelicals have become a key support base for the Republican Party. But the movement has had growing pains and the statement issued on Wednesday ca! lled an Evangelical Manifesto is the latest sign of emerging fractures as some activists seek to broaden its agenda beyond hot button social issues such as opposition to abortion and gay rights. Christians from both sides of the political spectrum left as well as right have made the mistake of politicizing faith the manifesto declares. That way faith loses its independence the church becomes the regime at prayer Christians become useful idiots for one political party or another and the Christian faith becomes an ideology in its purest form it said. The manifesto was signed by leading and mostly centrist evangelicals such as Leith Anderson president of the million member National Association of Evangelicals Mark Bailey president of the Dallas Theological Seminary and evangelical academic and author David Gushee. Many of the more than signatories have been critical in the past of evangelical partisan involvement which was seen as the crucial element behind U.S. President Geor! ge W. Bush s re election victory in . Leading figures on the conservative Religious Right such as Tony Perkins president of the Family Research Council did not sign the document and his office said he had not been asked to sign it. LIMITED POLITICAL IMPACT Michael Cromartie vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center said of the statement It s a sign of maturation of the evangelical movement . It s an important theological document but it will have limited political influence because it is making a essentially a theological argument. The document also highlights divisions that have been there for a while as some leading evangelicals attempt to redirect the movement s considerable energies toward areas such as action on global poverty and climate change. Polls show growing numbers of evangelicals receptive to a wider social agenda and Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been attempting to woo them in a bid to peel some away from the Republican camp ahead of the November election showdown with John ! McCain. But analysts say most are still center right politically and polls consistently show most remain opposed to abortion rights. They are also deeply committed to their faith. We have a big umbrella called evangelicalism which is theological in nature. We are called to be followers of Jesus Christ and men and women of the book said John Huffman a pastor and chairman of the board of Christianity Today. Huffman who helped draft the document told Reuters by telephone that the group wanted to bring back civility of discourse in the public square. Editing by Michael Conlon and Mohammad Zargham news for search indexer do not remove AlertNet news is provided by Related articles Breaking stories Asia China s Hu turns to table tennis diplomacy in Japan Source Reuters minute ago FEATURE Petrify liquefy new ways to bury greenhouse gas Source Reuters minute ago AlertNet insight Africa MEDIAWATCH What happens to Somalia s refugees after Mogadishu Author Joanne Tomkinson minute ago A! id agency news feed AID AGENCY WELCOMES PROPOSAL BOOSTING U.S. FOOD AID Source World Vision USA minute ago Blogs Post Katrina New Orleans takes the good with the bad Author Ruth Gidley minute ago Maps Americas MAP Global flood locations week ending April Source Dartmouth Flood Observatory minute ago Country information Facts figures United States of America Del.icio.us Digg NewsVine Reddit More pictures Galleries Reuters Foundation Disclaimer Copyright Privacy RSS Contact us Feedback About us Reuters Insight URL http www.alertnet.org thenews newsdesk N .htm For our full disclaimer and copyright information please visit http www.alertnet

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