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Voice Of Praise, an acappella Mennonite male ensemble
from Gladys, VA, began singing together in 1987. Its founder David
Gingerich, now of Guys Mills, PA had visions
of being part of a group that loved the Lord,
loved singing and would be willing to donate of their
time and energy in a part-time music ministry. Dave
found three men who shared his goal: Kelvin Good,
Jon Zehr, and Bruce Ramer. Thus was formed Voice
Of Praise.
The group began giving a few local
programs, singing at revival meetings and church
homecomings. Before long they felt a call to
share their message in song on a wider scale and
began going on occasional tours. Because
Voice Of Praise is a part-time ministry and all of
its members hold "normal" jobs,
the touring has been limited primarily to one week
long tour per year in addition to several weekend
tours and local programs. In the spring of 1997,
after almost ten years and five recordings, two of
the members elected to resign as active members of
Voice Of Praise due to travel difficulties. Bruce
had moved to northern VA and Dave had moved to northwestern
PA.
Voice of Praise then added four new members: Josh Good, Glen Zehr, Ben
Miller , and Paul Good. In August of 1998 the group had another personnel
change when Paul Good resigned.
2001 brought more changes to the group. Kelvin had been ordained in
the spring and felt it would be best for all parties if the group would
find a replacement. He continued singing until September. Instead of just
adding one replacement, however, two new voices were added, Lyndon Yoder
and Josh N. Good, not to be confused with the before mentioned Josh B.
Good. In the meantime, Josh B. had moved to southern Indiana, which very
much limited his involvement and put him into the "inactive member" category.
The most recent personnel change occurred in September, 2004, when Lyndon
joined the ranks of ex-Voice Of Praise singers. This
change brought the group back to a quartet after
over seven years of being a five or six voice group. Despite the personnel
changes that have occurred over the years, the group's desire to praise
God and be useful in building His kingdom remains the same.
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