The Alabama Singing Men (ASM) recently used music, the universal language, to teach musicians in ethnic Baptist churches in Philadelphia.
Twenty-eight of the 100-member ASM choir participated as part of the Alabama Baptist State Convention partnership with the Pennsylvania/South Jersey Baptist Convention.
The contingent of Alabama Baptist ministers of music helped Pennsylvania Baptist music leaders be more effective with their voices and instruments.
They taught music reading, music administration, multimedia and sound reinforcement techniques and offered instruction on a variety of instruments used in worship.
The group taught at Haitian, Ukrainian, African-American and multicultural churches, helping them improve their music techniques.
“Music is a universal language, and it was well understood in our faces and in the faces of those we communicated with,” said Bill Carr, vice president of ASM and minister of music for First Baptist Chuch, Bay Minette.
Leading the AMS during their performances was Tom Smith, dean of Auburn University Department of Fine Arts and bivocational minister of music at Providence Baptist Church, Opelika.
“It was a joy to work alongside the Alabama music ministers who demonstrated a heart for ministry,” Smith said.
“We went to minister and came home blessed.”
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