[JDeere]

Originally Posted by FireSignFemme

On my mother's side both my great and great great grandfathers were Baptist preachers in NC & SC. http://www.reeceschapel.com/ To appease our relatives back east as a child I was sent to every Baptist church in town and the next two cities over. There are so many different types of Baptists within the denomination that you just truly never know what you're going to see at a Baptist church that's new to you until you get there.

One guitar player great with Baptist roots was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She was born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, AK. Her mother was a preacher for the Church of God in Christ founded in 1894 by a black Baptist bishop named Charles Mason, who encouraged rhythmic musical expression, dancing in praise and allowing women to preach in church. Encouraged by her mother she began singing and playing the guitar as 'Little Rosetta Nubin' at the age of four and was cited as a musical prodigy*.Your post reminded me of her and I thought I'd post it for any Southern Baptists who might be out there.




*Source - compilation wikipedia and guitar world dot com

Thanks for this. I'm hoping more Baptists come out of the woodwork on here to discuss things.