A short Story about how Samaritan Revival started

About a year ago, I was in Honduras where I work for the Good Samaritan Baptist Mission as a missionary and I decided that I wanted to put together a little group to sing for the students in one of our Christian Schools. We have about 4,000 kids in six different schools in Honduras and Nicaragua but in this one town, we have about 1200.

I figured that we could have a Tuesday Night devotional and we would try to get some of the parents to come and hopefully, they would ask Jesus to enter their hearts and they would saved. My daughter was blessed with a beautiful angelic voice so I figured that with two of three more singers, we would put together a singing group to lead the tuesday night services.

I really didn't now what type of music we should sing. The normal spanish christian music just did not feel right because most of it is just repeating the same couple of words 17 thousands times. I wanted our songs to send a messages. My mother came up to me one day and said "You need to sing Midnight Cry". We decided to translate it into spanish to see if we could touch peoples hearts with this type of music. When I say "this type of music", I mean a type of music that these people had never heard before.

Tuesday night came around and my daughter plus three young men stood up to sing. It just happened that we had a mission group from the U.S visiting us that night and when the song was over, you could of heard a pin drop. There was no clapping or shouting, just a calm, silent feeling all over the auditorium.

I went up to the pulpit and spoke for about 10 minutes and gave an invitation. Over 30 people came forward a received Christ as their savior. Some of the americans that was there started crying and they said that they had never felt such a spirit even though everything was in spanish. As the group sung Midnight Cry in spanish, they could hear the english words in their mind.

To make a long story short, we were invited to sing in a church in the Alabama. We did not even have a name for our group. Some would call us the Good Samaritan group, the samaritan singers, Honduras singing group, the samaritan and many more. We really did not care what they called us, we were just happy to be able to sing and minister to a church in the U.S.

This was in March of 2008. Today, we have recorded two albums in Nashville and we have a distribution deal with New Day Christian Distribution. We have traveled to over 60 cities in the U.S and in March we start a 50 city tour. Here is the incredible part of all this, we sing in only english speaking churches. We have sung in a couple of spanish churches but 99 percent of the churches we sing in do not know a word of spanish. We sing in spanish and we put the english words on a screen. Many times, people will come to the altar while we are singing.

Here is what I want all you to understand by this story. God has a purpose and a plan for all of our lives. I have no idea where this is taking us but we have decided to go through every door that God opens. Who would of ever thought that so many english speaking churches would open their doors to a spanish southern gospel group.

Every step that we have taken, we have learned many lessons and we have tried not to sing songs for ourselves but songs that we know will minister to the congregation. Sometimes, we will sing only SGM if that is what the church wants and loves. Other times, we will mix a little bit of Casting Crowns or a song like I can only Imagine if we feel like this is what touches the people more.

We have learned that we are always guest in a church and our main purpose should be to minister to the hurting ones that our listening to us sing.

Keep us in your prayers. Our only desire is to minister and as long as God opens up the doors, we Samaritan Revival will never give up the opportunity to spread the Word of God as long as he gives us strength.

Samaritan Revival

Working Harder in Harder Times

As many of you know, times are getting hard for many people. I know that the economy is bad and many have lost their jobs. I just wonder some times though how much of it is REAL. In other words, is it as bad as the media says it is. If you have heard the news for the last six months, our economy was supposed to totally bust before the year ended but it did not. I am not saying that things are not going to get worst, I just believe that in these times, we better work even harder than ever and we are all going to have to learn how to save money.

As a Christian Music Group, the economy scare effects us in a large way. I was talking to a high executive with a Christian Record Label and he was telling me how hard it was for many smaller singing groups and how they were struggling. Many groups charge a fee to come sing in a church or some type of Christian venue. Churches today are not able to pay for a group to come sing. If you are in a group, the invitations to sing will be very unlikely, especially if you charge a certain amount.

In one way, this is a good thing. I guess this will make us think really what our purpose for having a music ministry is. We do not have that problem because we have never charged to come minister at a church. We are a love offering basis group. This means that we will come and you can give us a love offering if you can and there is no set amount. This can be dangerous if you have to travel 1,000 miles and then you may get $200 dollars which may not cover the gasoline but if your purpose is to minister then you have to place your needs in the hands of the Lord.

The truth is, we have to work harder. We have to make the phone calls, send out the letters and emails, and search the internet for opportunities. So far, God has blessed us with over 40 concerts starting in March and many on a waiting list. Why? I have no idea. I really don't. I just make the call and pray that we will be invited or our request will have a positive answer.

What we need to think about in these hard times is "Conctacts". When a christian group visits a church, they make friends and contacts that can last for years to come. We have learned that people who we met during our concerts ended up joining our mailing list and later on they helped us financially.

Think about something. Is your ministry about the money? Ours is not and never will be. Maybe this is why so many churches are asking us to come. We want to minister to people and we want to be a tool of the Holy Spirit to deal with the lives of people.

Sometimes I wonder how many groups are being effected. I know that the small groups are but what about the large groups like Mercyme and Casting Crowns. What about the Gaither Vocal Band and Michael W. Smith. I truly pray that they are not being effected because their ministry is touching so many lives.

I can tell you this. Samaritan Revival will not ever charge for a concert. We will accept love offerings and we pray that people will donate to our ministry but we will never never charge a fee to minister. I am not saying that no group should charge. Many of the large groups carry enormous expenses when they put on a concert but we keep things as simple as possible so we will not have that problem.

What I can tell you if you have a Gospel Group is, Work Harder than ever. Do not let the economy keep you from following your dream. Do not let the economy keep you from fulfilling your calling. Just keep your eyes on Jesus and He will provide for you.

Here is a list of our concert dates so far.

Sun Mar 01 09 10:00 AM | Suwanee, GA US
Venue: Peachtree Road Baptist Church
Address: 142 Old Peachtree Rd, Suwanee, GA, 30024, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 01 09 05:30 PM | Douglasville, GA US
Venue: Central Baptist Church
Address: 5811 Central Church Rd, Douglasville, GA, 30135, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Mar 04 09 06:30 PM | Douglasville, GA US
Venue: New Hope Spanish Church
Address: 5811 Central Church Rd, Douglasville, GA, 30135, US
Details: None provided.

Fri Mar 06 09 07:00 PM | Roopville, GA US
Venue: Roopville Road Baptist Church
Address: 835 North Highway 27, Roopville, GA, 30170, US
Details: None provided.

Sat Mar 07 09 07:00 PM | Bryson City, NC US
Venue: Victory Baptist Church
Address: 2175 New Fontana Rd, Bryson City, NC, 28713, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 08 09 09:30 AM | Roopville, GA US
Venue: Roopville Road Baptist Church
Address: 835 North Highway 27, Roopville, GA, 30170, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 08 09 07:00 PM | Marietta, GA US
Venue: Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Address: 287 Mt Calvary Rd NW, Marietta, GA, 30064, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Mar 11 09 07:00 PM | Silver City, NC US
Venue: Community Baptist Church
Address: 2575 Hamp Stone Rd, Silver City, NC, 27344, US
Details: None provided.

Sat Mar 14 09 07:00 PM | Chattanooga, TN US
Venue: Lupton Drive Baptist Church
Address: 859 Lupton Dr, Chattanooga, TN, 37415, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 15 09 09:30 AM | Greenville, SC US
Venue: Tanglewood Baptist Church
Address: 2801 Old Easley Bridge Rd, Greenville, SC, 29611, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 15 09 05:30 PM | McDonough, GA US
Venue: Glenhaven Baptist Church
Address: 345 E Lake Rd, McDonough, GA, 30252, US
Details: None provided.

Mon Mar 16 09 07:00 PM | Carrollton, GA US
Venue: North Point Baptist Church
Address: 1400 Cedar Street, Carrollton, GA, 30117, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Mar 18 09 07:00 PM | Newnan, GA US
Venue: Bible Baptist Church
Address: 1608 North Hwy 29, Newnan, GA, 30263, US
Details: None provided.

Sat Mar 21 09 05:00 PM | Douglasville, GA US
Venue: Ebenezer Baptist Church
Address: 7305 Hwy 166, Douglasville, GA, 30135, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 22 09 09:30 AM | Hephzibah, GA US
Venue: Friendship Methodist Church
Address: 3027 Tobacco Rd, Hephzibah, GA, 30815, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 22 09 06:00 PM | Modoc, SC US
Venue: Red Oak Grove Baptist Church
Address: 174 Red Oak Grove Rd, Modoc, SC, 29838, US
Details: None provided.

Tue Mar 24 09 07:00 PM | Roopville, GA US
Venue: Holy Ground Baptist Church
Address: 1355 North Hwy 27, Roopville, GA, 30170, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Mar 25 09 07:00 PM | Roopville, GA US
Venue: Holy Ground Baptist Church
Address: 1355 North Hwy 27, Roopville, GA, 30170, US
Details: None provided.

Fri Mar 27 09 07:00 PM | Douglasville, GA US
Venue: Clearview Baptist Church
Address: 4456 Dodson Dr, Douglasville, GA, 30134, US
Details: Samaritan Revival Ages: All ages


Sat Mar 28 09 06:00 PM | Douglasville, GA US
Venue: Clearview Baptist Church
Address: 4456 Dodson Dr, Douglasville, GA, 30134, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 29 09 09:30 AM | Decatur, AL US
Venue: Decatur Baptist Church
Address: 2527 Danville Rd SW, Decatur, AL, 35603, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Mar 29 09 05:30 PM | Villa Rica, GA US
Venue: Fullerville Baptist Church
Address: 423 Old Town Rd, Villa Rica, GA, 30180, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Apr 05 09 10:00 AM | LaFayette, GA US
Venue: Naomi Baptist Church
Address: 4171 E. Hwy 136, LaFayette, GA, 30728, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Apr 05 09 05:30 PM | Chattanooga, TN US
Venue: Edgewood Baptist Church
Address: 4230 Benton Dr, Chattanooga, TN, 37406, US
Details: None provided.

Tue Apr 07 09 06:30 PM | Johnson City, TN US
Venue: Boone Trail Baptist Church
Address: 1985 Carroll Creek Rd, Johnson City, TN, 37615, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Apr 08 09 06:30 PM | Johnson City, TN US
Venue: Boone Trail Baptist Church
Address: 1985 Carroll Creek Rd, Johnson City, TN, 37615, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Apr 12 09 09:45 AM | Canton, NC US
Venue: Center Pigeon Baptist Church
Address: 224 Center Pigeon Rd, Canton, NC, 28716, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Apr 12 09 06:00 PM | Greenville, SC US
Venue: Trinity Way Baptist Church
Address: 4113 Old Buncombe Rd, Greenville, SC, 29617, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Apr 15 09 07:00 PM | Buford, GA US
Venue: Temple Baptist Church
Address: 3680 S Bogan Rd, Buford, GA, 30519, US
Details: None provided.

Sat Apr 18 09 07:00 PM | Villa Rica, GA US
Venue: Shiloh Baptist Church
Address: 9060 Ephesus Church Rd, Villa Rica, GA, 30180, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Apr 19 09 11:00 AM | Decatur, GA US
Venue: First Baptist Spanish Church of Atlanta
Address: 3532 Covington Hwy, Decatur, GA, 30032, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Apr 19 09 06:00 PM | Bessemer, AL US
Venue: Grant Street Baptist Church
Address: 724 Grant St, Bessemer, AL, 35020, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Jul 05 09 09:45 AM | Summerville, SC US
Venue: Palmetto Land Baptist Church
Address: 114 Tomaka Dr, Summerville, SC, 29483, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Jul 12 09 10:00 AM | Franklin, NC US
Venue: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Address: 142 Pleasant Hill Rd, Franklin, NC, 28734, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Jul 12 09 06:00 PM | Franklin, NC US
Venue: Grace Baptist Church
Address: 143 Setser Branch Rd, Franklin, NC, 28734, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Jul 19 09 11:00 AM | Newnan, GA US
Venue: New Heights Baptist Church
Address: 154 GA Highway 34, Newnan, GA, 30217, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Jul 19 09 06:00 PM | Lithia Springs, GA US
Venue: Colonial Hills Baptist Church
Address: 7131 Mt Vernon Rd, Lithia Springs, GA, 30122, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Aug 02 09 06:00 PM | Gardendale, AL US
Venue: Gardendale Baptist Tabernacle
Address: 2649 Decatur Hwy, Gardendale, AL, 35071, US
Details: None provided.

Sun Aug 09 09 08:30 AM | Franklin, NC US
Venue: First Alliance Church
Address: 31 Promise Lane, Franklin, NC, 28734, US
Details: None provided.

Wed Aug 12 09 07:00 PM | Savannah, GA US
Venue: Hope Baptist Church
Address: 11100 White Bluff Rd, Savannah, GA, 31419, US
Details: None provided.

May God Bless You,
Philip Tyson
Samaritan Revival

Holy Ground Spanish Version by Stephany Tyson

This is Stephany Tyson from Samaritan Revival singing Holy Ground in spanish.