First Love: A Historic Gathering | Part 2
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2021
- A musical journey back in time to The Jesus Movement to discover the roots of Contemporary Christian Music in a remarkable reunion. Featuring: Randy Stonehill, Darrell Mansfield, John Fisher, Randy Matthews, Matthew Ward, Paul Clark, Honeytree, Andrae Crouch And get a rare look at the heart and motive of each artist as they reveal the drama of their own personal transformations.
Directors: Steve Greisen / Music Production Dan Collins - Розваги
And the blessings just keep coming. May the Lord richly bless you all.
Please, Pioneers, come back to the front lines! We need you to represent the pure unvarnished gospel of Jesus! The church has been compromised in our time and we need you for such a time as this! God is not with you! The gifts of God, or without repentance! Please come back, white hair, and whatever! We need the wisdom of white hair as the scriptures say! Please come back! 💖🇺🇸
These videos are about 30 plus years ago.
Still a blessing. Started at 6, I'm 56 now and forever listen. Rest with Jesus all that passed away.
Blessings to you all! I became a Christian in 1972. I was a hippie and my life will never be the same after Jesus met me in such a powerful way!
Praise God, God bless you
The focus is on Jesus, not my new book or my new album- it is so refreshing to get back to purity, honesty, openess to the Spirit of Jesus, true worship of Him, Love.
I never met any of these servants of God personally, but God used them and their music to drive me to Him. Can't put it any other way other than it was a work of the Holy Spirit. It literally changed the direction of my life.
I wasn’t a hippie looking for Jesus. I’d had Jesus since I was 3 years old. God gave me visions when I was 4 years old. Which is to say I knew God. I was being grounded in the Word. So why did I need your music? Because I could learn about Jesus from you what I didn’t learn from the church I had to attend. I had had a rough time, and from your music I received encouragement and forgiveness and my faith was built up. Thank ya’ll so much for being there.
Greetings from Ukraine 🇺🇦 Jesus is Lord
Even though they all have white hair now, their message and music are timeless.
Proverbs 20:29
I so appreciate all of your testimonies and exhortations! Thank you. I was saved in 1976. God is leading me back to my first love. I love you Jesus!
The summer of 1977 I had not been a Christian very long but I had an 8 track of Andrea and while washing dishes at a lical resort i played continuously. One of the ladies there told me she accepted Christ because of that music. music.
I have been feeling very strongly that these pioneers of contemporary Christian music need to get back on the front line for the time that we are living in right now! God is not finished with you, dear pioneers! Please come to the front lines and represent the unvarnished pure gospel again because it has been so compromised! Please, please come back! The gifts of God, are without repentance. 💖🇺🇸
the Jesus Movement People. . . .
They didn't doubt -
they just went and did what the Spirit of God
sent them to do -
on beaches, streets, clubs, small music jams, churches - when they were allowed in, - -
what courage, tenacity - what talent used unselfishly for the
Glory of GOD!!
O Heavenly Father REVIVE US AGAIN!
Oh, the joy of Jesus. Thank you to those who put this together. I pray many more will find it and even more importantly find Jesus. I thank God for each of these brothers and sisters, to whom God gave the song.
Trailblazers! Nancy Honeytree's song, "Pioneer" says it all.
Wow! 26:03 I miss Darrell Mansfield! He was my replacement for Queen! I left all
Of my friends and music behind and then in 79 I discovered Calvary Chapel Saturday night and He was my first Christian band I ever heard and I praised God in tears and said Lord you gave me back my music only it’s for you!!
I can only imagine what Heaven will be like with all these musicians playing for Jesus! I want to be there listening to Andre Crouch, Keith Green, and others!!
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What a blessing! These brothers and sisters in Christ are such an encouragement to me. Jesus touched each one and they said yes! They sing with such honesty and purity. Everyone sang with such an anointing. They still love their first love!
It was so good to hear Andrae Crouch’s testimony and see the church where God first gave him the gift of music. It was so moving. The Lord has done great things. Bless His Holy Name!
31 minutes into this, let go let God,
Holy Spirit is burning in them
This is the real "The Jesus Music" movie.
Awesome, these two videos of "First Love" are treasures. What a blessing! So glad they were documented for all to see.
I absolutely LOVE this documentary! I was saved at 16 in 1969 in Oklahoma. This music was just getting started. Hearing these songs is bringing tears to my eyes. It takes me back to such a simpler time. Went to see Jesus Revolution a month ago, and now I can't stop watching and listening to this great Jesus Music!!❤❤
I just love Randy Stonehill. Always will. So great.
I just came across this documentary and I am blessed for having watched both videos. I was born and raised in Southern California but when I graduated from HS, I headed to Oregon to attend a Bible College, so I wasn't there when all of this took place. I'm thankful that God kept me out of drugs and alcohol even though I was a teen in the 60s. Many of the artists in these videos were such a blessing to me and I will forever be grateful for them and their songs. Thank God for each one of you!! We need a fresh move on God's Spirit today. Please, Lord, send your Spirit to revive our hearts and minds and give us a fresh touch of your love and compassion for others.
Amen!!
I'm in Oregon now and am so very lonely b people are not friendly like in Socal at all. I will start chit chating and they look at you like why are you talking to them? They don't know you, I've been going to a Calvary chapel for 8 years now and not one person has ever asked me to get together after church for lunch or get together any time to hang out or watch a movie or do a Bible study or play any games or go out to eat. Nothing. I offer to do this or that at church but they always say that they don't have any need for me to just relax and let them serve me. I never heard of anything like that. A church has nothing for anyone to do? So there's no pot lucks or game nights or movie nighs or dinners or singles or anything. So for 8 years I go and leave. Still don't know very many people. I approach people to chat and then they say good bye.
What is wrong with people up here being so antisocial? I'm high energy and free spirited so people liked putting me down with critical downing statements. In Santa Barbara there are so many people who are Otc or add or ADHD and they are very open about it. They will talk to people and in conversations share how " wow I'm having an Otc day bad. So I'm going into my office guys so you're on your own. I have to go behind my office door." It was so cool to hear people be so open and honest and people not caring or judging them. It helped me to feel comfortable to share that I recently learned that I was ADHD and started medicine and for the first time in my life I can focus! People were. So happy for me. You share stuff like that up here and people look at you like you are really adnormal and belong in a mental hospital and they avoid you and you have no friends and talk behind your back.. in socal I had so many friends and did all sorts of volunteering at my churches for 45 years. Now in Oregon no one needs me or wants me to do anything. I'm very studied in the bible but whenever I share anything "I don't know anything" but in CA or Wa people enjoyed listening to what I taught. What is the deal up here? I'm 62 and on SS in a travel trailer without a truck so I feel like I'm stuck. Having to stay here. 8 years and so unhappy.
That's heavy, and sadly, it is very real. You just concentrate on your walk with Jesus. He will draw you to Himself, and at the end of the day, is there anything better than that?
@@donnadrose4426 Maybe God is calling you to go elsewhere. Oregon can be a desert for spirituality. If God wants you to go elsewhere, He can make a way. 🙂
Such a purity of lyrics and passion for Jesus and I remember how much the songs grabbed my heart and I am grateful for this video... Rest in Peace Pastor Hayford... perhaps we can have another move across America and the whole world like it was then and it won't be how many Dove awards or Grammy awards are collected and the drive will be souls saved for Eternity.
Just heard Randy last week in Ohio. He looked older but still good. Nice wife too. Was Melody Greens birthday, so he did a little happy birthday video with the audience for her.
Randy Stonehill's songwriting is a different level. He's the James Taylor of Christian songwriters.
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What a treat to find this awesome interview. Have loved the Herrings for nearly 50 years. I'm still learning from them at 65. Love 😍 them dearly.
I love This 'The Genuine REAL CHRISTIAN Artists. Thank GOD for YOU
These guys marked their success by their relationship with Christ and leading others to Jesus. Then discipling those believers. Today, the artists judge their success by their awards. Everything has to be big or go home.
Amen brother!! My heart cries for these artists who represents the authentic unvarnished gospel at any cost to please come back to the front lines for these days we are living in! God is not finished with you, dear pioneers!! Please come back!! 💖🇺🇸
God is Faithfull and to see these Christain Musicians again.
Thank you for this amazing ministry to God Himself that all of you faithful worshippers have continued doing through the years. I loved your testimonies and your passionate love for Jesus Christ. I cried my way through it remembering and worshiping along with you!
Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!! Oh, God is good! Thank you Lord that I was able to experience this era of Christian Music as a teen and as a young man. Bless you all! :)
Seeing these interviews and the singing in a living room setting takes me back to my teenage/college days loving this heartfelt music. God blessed.
“The world doesn’t need marketed Christian Music, it needs music sung by believing Christians.” - John Fischer
All i can say is THANK YOU.
I love this documentary !!! The memories that comeback for me are amazing. I would have loved to see Larry Norman, Phil Keaggy, Petra, and John and Terry Talbot there as well.
So cool and Christ exalting! I thank Jesus he saved me in those days!
Randy Stonehill's song
A Christmas Song for all year long - was the first song of his I heard and it went deep to my heart. Is is more true than ever.
Had the pleasure of being involved with Christian concert promoters ‘Moses and Aaron Productions’ in N. E. Ohio in the mid to late 70’s (hope you are well Jeff and Maria) and had the opportunity to meet many of these folks and rub shoulders with them before and after their performances. I will be positive (there were some not-so-nice encounters with performers) and say from my experience Second Chapter of Acts (all of them and Buck Herring), Phil Keaggy (nothing of him as a pioneer of what’s now called CCM…???), Barry McGuire and Larry Norman (as already mentioned, the father of CCM is strangely absent in this history of Jesus Music) stand out for being as genuine off stage as on. There were others that could be included as well, but in these folks I saw genuine, unpretentious people sharing God’s love through their music. Great memories.
about 1:23:00 and on - Honeytree - Pioneer-
I think this was the theme song for all there. It went to the heart and brought the tears. They all had been pioneers, misunderstood, unsupported by the mainstream- yet closer to the Father than their critics. Its a lonely road sometimes. The song Hittin' the Road - comes to mind. It has a line - would'nt do this for nobody but You..
Well observed.
Honeytree was, indeed,
ministering to them.
The clearest explanation of a tragic progression of the original music and motivation to what it became and continues to be.
Yes it is..The songs, lyrics,melodies are still in my heart,,,mind,,soul//,My 1st album was of Keith Green,,,great title "NO COMPROMISE''''then others,, and Larry Norman,, Randy Stonehill,,, What a day double cd=Phil Keaggy,,,etc etc Andrae,,,,,,Kaiser/ Mansfield,,, etc, and more... Its turned into a theatrical, show type function,,,,,Keith Green and Melody had ",monthly,Last Days Ministry Magazine,, I bought the tracs , from articles,contained////
,,,, No one else wrote about "Modesty" or the quick fix pass,, like fast food,, salvation,,,,, I AM THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN LED TO THESE PEOPLE..and true heartfelt music////,,The originals,,inspired,,the real heart of Jesus,,,and the inward change...
@@KZUNA Hey I was part of that era. From a life lost and no hope. Then came Jesus bringing all that I was looking for and more. He still is as I refused to give up that which I found for so_called new whatever. Jesus is the answer still my song over 50 years later. 🙏🙌
So many of these songs touched my heart and drew me to Jesus when I was just 17 years old thank you to everyone one of you who gave your hearts to Christ and shared your love for God in your songs❤️❤️❤️
1:23:27 -- Flattens me every time. I love her other song too.
Wow, awesome, loved it, great memories. Some of my favorite moments...
6:15 Randy - King of Hearts
1:23:26 Honeytree - Pioneer
1:35:17 Andrae - 2nd testimony
1:43:00 Andrae - 3rd testimony
All artists...
2:50 Randy Stonehill
12:43 Randy - Abandon Your Heart
20:10 Darrell Mansfield
35:47 John Fischer
45:54 Randy Matthews
59:53 Matthew Ward
1:06:11 Paul Clark
1:17:15 Honeytree
1:30:07 Andrae Crouch
Thank you ALL Pioneer
Aleluia to the King of kings for ALL of you!
Good memories. Heartwarming. Brings the songs then to remembrance.
Classic songs of the 60's 70's
Listen to the first song " theres a raInbow somewhere" wonderful
“King of Hearts” by Randy Stonehill
WOW . . . Randy Mathew’s first song . . . 🥲
❤️❤️🔥🔥🙌🏽 Glory to Jesus !
No mention of Rich Mullins or his Ragamuffin Band….he was definitely one of great early Jesus musicians.
This was recorded early in 1997. Rich passed away that very same year on September 19...
So was Larry Norman
These artists predate him by 30 years give or take.
Can't include everyone.
Rich was part of the generation that followed these guys. He was definitely of their caliber, though!
I’d never heard of Honeytree, but I listened to all the others and owned some of the best vinyl albums in my twenties.
What a beautiful song and voice! Oh Lord!
I am so inlve with Jesus
What's sad is when people like Amy Grant cross over to another music without taking the cross over.
There is no rule that anyone has to sing Christian music. Amy made a career decision that was hers only to make.
That was supposed to say God is not finished with you! 💖
Wonder When this was filmed Matthew Ward has very brown hair!!! So cool though I was a kid when these guys first got started but I started listening to all of them in the early 80s when I got saved
This was released in 2004, so probably filmed in the same year.
Filmed in 1997
@@richardgross3794 Oh really? I've read somewhere that it was 1997, but I thought it was a typo. Now looking at it, I guess it makes sense :)
The Way should have been there. Also Rockland Road and Mustard Seed Faith, and others. Lovely program. ❤️
1:44:06 -- So touching.
A few have come along since then that seem to me to be of the same Spirit - Michael Card, Sarah Groves, Squire Parsons, Walt Mills, Joni,
Stand by me.🔥
Jesus was moving back then....I saw these bands. To be honest, almost all Christian bands were "junior hosts" of God's presence.
Keith at times was a senior host and consistently 2nd Chapter of Acts(no doubt there were others, maybe). I believe Randy Stonehill was on his 3rd wife here Larry Norman also...I'm not knocking these guys and other bands.......it's just the truth....they do have the testimony of Jesus Christ for sure!
Next move will be more pure and honest....even raw..Lonnie Frisbee could be raw (deeply honest), and he messed up royally...yet the Lord moved so wonderfully back then.....as if "the land was married"......you could see Him almost everywhere!
When was this gathering? Lots of 1990's shoulder pads ( : Loved this-took me back to my early days with Jesus. I so appreciate how they were so unpretentious, just raw love for Jesus and that beautiful expectation of Jesus coming back.
This came out in 1996-1997.
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So glad to be able to listen to these singers. My only thing that saddened me was that Randy Stonehill whitewashed Larry Norman from his testimony.
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Could you continue this series on the order of what Bill Gaither is doing for Southern Gospel. I believe God would ordain this. It surely has blessed me. I was an original "Jesus Freak" ministering to students at Tennessee Tech in the 70's!
phenomenal where r these ppl now
love the testimonies of my family in Yesua who've been such a blessing to me. Strange one of the most influential pioneers only made mention as a guy with a kitchen...
I remember those those early days. Believed Christians were sincere pretty much. Had no idea how hateful and unloving the church was, full of false accusation (as an excuse to not love) and ego. I had a lot of materials on speaking Spanish I was willing to give her because she wanted to be a missionary but she wouldn’t trust me enough to pick them up from me as if I might rape her or something. It crushed me that that evil was thought of me. She never picked it up. I was sold out to Jesus and a virgin. Finally, I just was honest and curious enough to ask her “know does it feel to be a servant of Satan? “ after a service. I saw her talking to a women and she had tears in her eyes because of what I had said but unfortunately she never repented and threw it all in the garbage.
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He's not a musician but what about Arthur Blessitt ? I think he was part of that scene back then. Anyone remember him ?
How can this purchased? Someone please post a link or something 🙏
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So why didn’t Phil Keaggy show up???
because his love broke thru..
A wonderful video and nice to hear the 70's songs. But only one black musician? Really?
Yep. Leon Patillo and Larnelle Harris would have been a great addition. We don’t know who all was invited that didn’t go.
Thanks for bringing race into another place it doesn't belong.
@@maninthewilderness3208 I think they have both done Bill Gaither reunion videos.
Leon Patillo didn’t start recording Christian music until 1979. Larnelle Harris started a bit earlier but wasn’t as big at the time. Walter Hawkins might have been the only other candidate, starting mid-1970s. But Andrae Crouch predates them all, first recording in 1968, so it seems he may have been the only one to qualify from the years that are the focus of this documentary.
Is it possible to buy these on DVDs to share with friends??
www.explorationfilms.com/FIRST_LOVE_historic_gathering_of_Jesus_Music_pioneers_2_DVDs_2_CDs.php
When was this gathering recorded?
Wonderful. Can anyone explain why Larry Norman is not even mentioned? It is a very awkward omission. It had to be a decision. There has to be a reason for it. anyone here know why?
Larry was in poor health at this time. He may have not been able to attend.
I love Jesus Christ Super star.
If you do, you are blind and deaf.
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Is it known when this gathering was done?
In 1997.
I'm sorry, but featuring the birth of the Jesus movement and completely neglecting any mention of Larry Norman is inexcusable.
Where was the Christian group Harvest
I think they were more mainstream than some of these.
Why was Larry Norman not a part of this?
Larry was in poor health at this time. He may have not been able to attend.
Lovely. But where is Mike Roe???
Mike Roe wasn't a Jesus Music era artist.
Honeytree's Pioneer... 'Bigger and better and faster' ... Maybe bigger and faster, Certainly Not Better! Sad how little of the modern 'Christian music' is descent, real, anointed ministry 😢
The hippy singing the blues. You look like the world. Smell like the world. Sit Down lukewarm
Nothing like the world in any of this. Sit down Pharisee.
God sees the heart of man, not the outer man.
Bad eschatology plagued the Jesus movement