‘The day that Alice Cooper came to church’


  • March 10, 2015
  • /   Joe Vinson
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If you were in the congregation of First Baptist Church of Pensacola a few weeks ago — and if you inhabit the presumably small Venn diagram overlap area of "Southern Baptist" and "heavy metal connoisseur" — you may have noticed a certain guest sitting in the pews: the Godfather of Shock Rock himself, Alice Cooper. Cooper, who became a born-again Christian in the late 1980s, was in town on President's Day Weekend and decided to observe the Sabbath at First Baptist with his wife Sheryl. Barry Howard, senior minister at First Baptist Church, writes at BaptistNews.com about Cooper's willingness to practice his faith openly without being a "celebrity" Christian:
When a celebrity comes to church, they usually prefer anonymity. At our church we preach that “everyone stands on level ground at the foot of the cross.” … On the Sunday that Alice Cooper came to church, quietly and without notoriety, he heard an A+ sermon from our Student Pastor and he joined his voice with others in singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. He was not there as a notorious entertainer. He was there as a fellow worshipper alongside spiritual family members who share a common confession, yet who travel a lot of different roads through life.
Read the whole thing here.
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