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Mission Statement
 John
12:32 If I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men
unto me.
The
mission of Divine Truth is to serve by ministering the good
news of Christ through music and song. With God's Divine
will and the eternal Truth of His word, our purpose is to
lift Him up through music and song. Humbling ourselves under
the anointing of the Holy Spirit, through God, men, women,
boys, and girls will be drawn closer to Christ. Only through
Him might they be saved. We are willing vessels, sent forth
to "Lift Him Up" in order that Christ may draw someone
closer to Him through the song ministry of Divine Truth.
This is our mission, “To lift Christ up at all times,
through Him we may be able to change someone’s life and help
them come to Christ while they still have time.”
Divine
Truth
Group History
Rev. Laramie Long, a young minister from Greensboro Alabama,
founded Divine Truth in January 2005. Divine Truth is truly
a music ministry after God’s own heart. The Lord blessed
Rev. Long with the gift of writing poetry and songs. During
his deployment to Iraq, God gave Rev. Long a vision of a
music ministry. It wasn’t just any music ministry, but it
was a ministry designed by God.
It all started after Rev. Long
returned from his tour of duty in Iraq. Rev. Long was so
eager to begin the work God had given him to do. The only
problem was, he didn’t have any group members. Rev. Long
knew plenty of people that could sing, but each person he
wanted to go to, wasn’t in God’s plan for the music
ministry.
Rev. Long went to an old
friend Willie Williams and told him of God’s vision and
Willie stepped on board. Rev. Long was later introduced to a
young minister by the name Jemiah Keebler. Jemiah played the
keyboard and he could also sing. Rev. Long still had a
shortage of group members. Rev. Longs’ friend Marcus Powell,
who also was deployed in Iraq with him, came to the group to
play the drums.
Rev. Long later ran into an
old friend from another gospel group. Her name is Angelia
King. Rev. Long told Angelia about his vision and asked for
her help in finding two more group members. About two weeks
went by and Angelia called Rev. Long and told him that she
would love to be a part of Divine Truth. Shortly after that,
God blessed us with Patricia Hopkins.
In January of 2005, Divine
Truth went in the studio to do a demo which was entitled
Count It All Joy. After the demo was released, the Lord
blessed Divine Truth to sing for the first time in Atlanta
in a gospel concert in February of 2005. God really moved in
that service and allowed Divine Truth to minister through
music and song.
After a while, Willie left the
group because of job conflicts and Rev. Long, Angela,
Patricia, Jemiah, and Marcus were left to carry on the
vision. Divine Truth continued to carry out God’s will. The
Lord blessed Divine Truth to minister in Atlanta,
Mississippi, and New York. God was really dealing with
Divine Truth and the group began to grow spiritually.
In August 2005, Jemiah left
the group to go to college. We wished him the best and
prayed that God will continue to use him. Rev. Long began to
pray that God would send a member that is after His own
heart. Rev. Long called an old high school friend by the
name of Kimberly Hill Sample. Rev. Long told Kim about the
vision God had given him and he knew that she had a love for
singing and for God. Kim was willing to come and be a part of
Divine Truth.
Shortly after Kim came to the
group, the group began to grow stronger in many ways. Rev.
Long told Divine Truth that it was time to start on the
groups’ first album. In October 2005, Divine Truth began
preparing for the studio. On December 26, 2005, Jesus and
Divine Truth went into the studio to record the album
entitled THE EXPERIENCE. The title was truly God sent
because the album tells the story of Rev. Long and Marcus
tour of duty in Iraq and also experiences Divine Truth
encountered together as a group.
On February 19, 2006, Divine
Truth celebrated their 1st Anniversary and the
Album Release. This day was truly a blessing in itself. It
was truly a life changing experience for Divine Truth and
for the people that came out to be a part of the special
occasion.
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