NEW IMPROVEMENTS & ENHANCEMENTS FOR NQC CROSSING PATHS Dustin Doyle’s new journey Fall 2015 s 3rd Quarter NOT BY SIGHT: GORDON MOTE No stranger to gospel music THE OAK RIDGE BOYS exclusive interview with Joe Bonsall “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (NKJV) Fans have waited two years for a new recording from this talented family band, and THAT DAY IS COMING. Releasing just days before the ever-popular Singing News Fan Awards, where The Collingsworth Family has an unprecedented 5 nominations (including Artist of the Year), this highly anticipated recording will definitely be a “must-have” for all Southern Gospel enthusiasts. More importantly, it is their desire to remind all people that the day is soon coming when Jesus Christ will appear from the eastern sky to gather His children. Join Phil, Kim, Brooklyn, Phillip, Courtney & Olivia as they take you on a musical journey that celebrates the promises, faithfulness and awesome magnificence of a living God! FEATURING THE HIT SONG “WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS” AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 25 AT RETAIL OUTLETS WORLDWIDE www.stowtownrecords.com www.thecollingsworthfamily.com BIRTHED FROM A DESIRE TO REKINDLE THE UNIQUE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE THAT ONLY COMES FROM CONGREGATIONAL HYMN SINGING... THE GOSPEL MUSIC HYMN SING BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTISTS, LIVE MUSICIANS, CHOIR, AND A MULTITUDE OF FELLOW BELIEVERS, UNITING THEIR VOICES FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING, SINGING YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE HYMNS AND CLASSIC GOSPEL SONGS. IT’S NOT A CONCERT... IT’S A WORSHIP EXPERIENCE... IT’S hosted by GERALD WOLFE THE GOSPEL MUSIC HYMN SING. MARION, IL MORRISTOWN, TN October 22, 2015 November 19, 2015 MARION CULTURAL AND CIVIC CENTER MANLEY BAPTIST CHURCH GREATER VISION PEORIA, IL NASHVILLE, TN October 23, 2015 November 20, 2015 NORTHWOODS COMMUNITY CHURCH CHRIST CHURCH CONROE, TX MEMPHIS, TN MARK TRAMMELL QT. JIM BRADY TRIO October 25, 2015 November 21, 2015 MIMS BAPTIST CHURCH FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH HOPE, AR ATLANTA, GA October 26, 2015 November 22, 2015 HEMPSTEAD HALL FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATLANTA STAN TARANDA MYLON HAYES FAMILY WHITMIRE WENTZVILLE, MO October 27, 2015 This tour is promoted and managed by Innovative ALSO FEATURING THE HOST CHURCH CHOIR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WENTZVILLE Management a division of IMC Concerts. tickets on sale now! s VISIT IMCCONCERTS.COM OR CALL 800.965.9324 p16 p18 features p24 “ON THE ROAD WITH THE OAK RIDGE BOYS” Joe Bonsall shares a glimpse into his new book about being on the road with the Oak Ridge Boys for forty years. 16 CROSSING PATHS 24 NOT BY SIGHT Dustin Doyle embarks on a new journey Being no stranger to gospel music, Gordon in gospel music with Ernie Haase & Mote continues to impact others through Signature Sound. his music career. 4 gospelmusicquarterly.com | FALL 2015 departments p6 p10 gospel COMMUNITY s Fall 2015 3rd Quarter people | history | church GospelMusicQuarterly.com 6 Flight to Freedom 800.965.9324 10 Luke White: The Memory PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT of a Familiar Face IMC Concerts P.O. 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FALL 2015 | gospelmusicquarterly.com 5 FLIGHT TO FREEDOMTESTIMONY BY: EVA ISAACS COVER FOR LIFE MAGAZINE IN JANUARY 1957 COVER FOR LIFE MAGAZINE IN JANUARY JANUARY 7, 1957 6 gospelmusicquarterly.com | FALL 2015 gospel COMMUNITY Eva Isaacs and her husband are gospel music fans who have attended the Great Western Fan Festival for the last seven years. She shared her incredible story of freedom with Comedian Tim Lovelace, and he asked if she would share it with our Gospel Music Quarterly readers. Enjoy Eva’s testimony… EVA AND ROBERT ISAACS If the SON therefore shall set you FREE, ye shall be FREE indeed. – John 8:36 My name is Eva Isaacs, and I live in southern Utah with my the Austrian people! We later learned that my grandmother, who husband Robert. We have three children and three grandchildren. hadn’t come with us, had stayed up all night praying for our escape. In 1956, I was 10 years old and living near Budapest, Hungary with my parents, brother, two sisters and my grandmother. We were some of the fortunate ones who made it. Many tried My grandmother was a woman of faith who led us in prayer and were not successful. By the end of the revolution, over three every night and shared the Bible with us. We were living under thousand had died, over twenty thousand were wounded and many communist rule where religion was only allowed for young had become political prisoners. The brave Hungarian Freedom children and the elderly. Under communism, life was hard, Fighters made it possible for almost two hundred thousand people including the rationing of food. My parents worked long hours to escape to freedom. six days a week. We were being indoctrinated daily. In school, we had to learn the Russian language. As a young girl, I had to join While in Austria, in December of 1956, Vice President Richard the Young Hungarian Communist Party and had to participate in Nixon came to visit the refugees. We were having a Christmas play, parades, carrying the Russian flag. My parents did not agree with and I played an angel. I was asked to present the vice president this socialist-communist lifestyle but were forced to participate in with a bouquet of flowers. Many pictures were taken, and one of order to have a job. Our prized possession was a radio. With our them ended up on the cover of Life magazine. radio, we were able to tune in to Radio Free Europe, where we heard about freedom. We yearned for freedom. Within three months, we arrived in the United States and settled in Detroit, Michigan. We loved We had an uncle who lived in the United Sates, and we were our new home in America able to communicate with him. He told us if we ever had an and were anxious to become opportunity to leave the country, he would sponsor us to come to citizens. the United States. It felt like a dream. The greatest blessing came On October 23, 1956, the Hungarian Patriots, who later became when, at the age of twenty- known as the Freedom Fighters, started a revolt against the two, I watched a Billy communist government. This movement later became known Graham crusade on as the Six Week Revolution. This gave us our opportunity to television and accepted escape. It was a hard decision to trust God and go, but on a cold Jesus Christ as my personal November night in 1956, we set out on our mission. No turning Savior! That is when my life back. changed, and I found real freedom! I give God all the With God’s help, we made it safely to the Austrian border where praise, honor and glory for COMEDIAN TIM LOVELACE AND EVA AT THE 2015 GREAT WESTERN FAN FESTIVAL many people were waiting with open arms to take us in. God bless all that He has done for me! FALL 2015 | gospelmusicquarterly.com 7 REGISTER TODAY! 8 gospelmusicquarterly.com | FALL 2015 AN EXCITING 3 SESSION, 2 DAY EVENT ERNIE HAASE & MARK TRAMMELL SIGNATURE SOUND GREATER VISION DANNY FUNDERBURK LEGACY FIVE QUARTET BRANSON, MO GRAND RAPIDS, MI FORT WORTH, TX OCTOBER 9-10, 2015 NOVEMBER 6-7, 2015 NOVEMBER 13-14, 2015 OAK RIDGE BOYS THEATRE SUNSHINE COMMUNITY MACGORMAN PERFORMING ARTS BRANSON, MO CHURCH - GRAND RAPIDS, MI CENTER - FORT WORTH, TX FEATURING: INDIVIDUAL • PERFORMANCES FROM CURRENT ALUMNI ARTISTS • OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THRU AND SESSIONS & 2 DAY • CATHEDRAL REUNION SEGMENTS FROM THE 80’S AND 90’S ERA TOUR THE CATHEDRALS LAST TOUR BUS EVENT PACKAGES • CATHEDRAL ROAD STORIES SEGMENT AND QUESTION / ANSWERS • AND SO MUCH MORE! ON SALE NOW! WITH AUDIENCE FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.CATHEDRALSFAMILYREUNION.COM OR CALL 800.965.9324 WWW.IMCCONCERTS.COM This conference event is promoted and managed by Innovative ManagementFALL 2015 a division | of gospelmusicquarterly.comIMC Concerts. 9 LUKE AND JAQUITA LINDSEY LUKE, TARANDA GREENE AND TERRY GARLAND LUKE AND HIS FAMILY LUKE WHITE OLIVIA JARRELL LUKE AND HIS SISTER, THE MEMORY OF A FAMILIAR FACE BY: GMQ STAFF A familiar face to many Southern Gospel music fans, Luke White, road with several notable groups, including Aaron and Amanda recently lost his battle with a serious case of bacterial double Crabb, The Greenes and more recently, TaRanda Greene.