Mark Farner's Christian Conversion Testimony

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  • @jsnmlny1972
    @jsnmlny1972 5 років тому +11

    I was saved at a bar in Vegas dec.7 the 1989;Mark was playing Isn't it amazing!

  • @queenminaable
    @queenminaable 10 років тому +71

    WOW!!! How fabulous! I'm a die hard from way back in the 70's!!!
    Praise God, because I'm a Jesus Lover TOO!!!

    • @needmoreporktogetridofmosl7202
      @needmoreporktogetridofmosl7202 6 років тому +2

      I seen them in 1969 and i was hihihi ..but first concert and a great one

    • @bobbys.5888
      @bobbys.5888 5 років тому

      DITTO !!!

    • @perrymitchell7591
      @perrymitchell7591 4 роки тому +4

      Mark you are so right.the Lord is ware it's at my MAN.i have been with you from Time Machine.i am 68 and I will always be here with you. Love you Brother ☮✝💗

    • @vickilabriola2323
      @vickilabriola2323 2 роки тому

      Ditto!

  • @kw5839
    @kw5839 7 років тому +34

    This is so great. Bars are full of hurting people as well as backsliders. I pray the Lord uses Mark's talents to draw people closer to Him.

  • @randypacchioli2933
    @randypacchioli2933 10 років тому +36

    God bless you Mark. Keep making Jesus #1!

  • @LuisMotta100
    @LuisMotta100 13 років тому +24

    NOTHING IT´S IMPOSIBLE TO MY SWEET LORD JESUS CHRIST.... MARK IS A PROOF OF IT. ..... FROM THE ROCK AND ROLL TO THE ROCK OF THE AGES...

  • @austinteutsch
    @austinteutsch 5 років тому +9

    I've known Mark and his wife Lisa since 1987 and they are the real deal. When their son was put in a wheelchair, it was their love Jesus that has pulled them through.

  • @TIMOWHITEBUFFALO
    @TIMOWHITEBUFFALO 6 років тому +8

    Mark Farner...you are an Inspiration from God!!!!!

  • @guitarhack210
    @guitarhack210 9 років тому +25

    What a badass ! doesn't have a problem acknowledging who gave him the gift of music , a true testimony to God's awesome power , ride on Mark ! you will always be one of my true inspirations to life and music !

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому +9

    I had a feeling about that song, I'm Your Captain/Closer to My Home! I used to fall asleep to that song at night among others. It was by far, my favorite! I used to cry whenever I would hear it because there seemed such a longing to it! And it was SOOOO beautiful! I could just feel the longing! Wow! This is SO COOL! This just MAKES MY NIGHT!!!! God bless you real good, Mark!

  • @allencuttler1987
    @allencuttler1987 7 років тому +18

    Mark, i was given my first GFR album by a friend who did not like their music...Damn, am i glad he gave me that album! You are an inspiration, i love your open testimony, and those who did you wrong will know that God is on your side. You are awesome Mark!

  • @perrymitchell7591
    @perrymitchell7591 4 роки тому +6

    How about isn't it amazing 👍 I cried every time I hear it✝☮. you are the best my friend.love you for what you do.

  • @DrHogfan
    @DrHogfan 12 років тому +12

    Isn't it Amazing ...what a prayer can do.

  • @lexgutierrez57
    @lexgutierrez57 11 років тому +15

    Congratulations Mark, from Chile, you are my musician for always, I saw you in Chile, was wonderful experience.

  • @paulneill461
    @paulneill461 7 років тому +11

    Praise our Lord who is worthy! You have always been one of my rock heroes Mark. I heard awhile back you became a believer. This is my first time to hear your testimony!

  • @jonpreuss3137
    @jonpreuss3137 6 років тому +7

    accepted Jesus circa 1968 have back slid many times. now i'm 68 and never abandoned by THE LORD

  • @newheaven3167
    @newheaven3167 6 років тому +7

    This is absolutely precious!!!

  • @robertaubin3732
    @robertaubin3732 6 років тому +8

    what a believer in your faith to bare witness to all and be proud.

  • @yrrj777
    @yrrj777 6 років тому +5

    Praise God! The good Lord Bless you in what He has for you to do! :)

  • @starshiptrooper7670
    @starshiptrooper7670 7 років тому +7

    God bless us all. Keep on rock'in Mark! First concert I ever saw was G.Funk. Jan. 73', Nashville....

  • @pasquale2590
    @pasquale2590 10 років тому +1

    Now THAT'S some kind of wonderful !!! 1967 I heard "Sin's A Good Man's Brother" & "Paranoid"... think I remember meeting you in Long Beach, Ca at radio KNAC-FM's studio....cool white cowboy boots with american eagles on the tops, I was 14... your music was the #1 favorite of that young crazy sex & drugs period in my life...I got born again cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys,Ca...Wednesday Cruise Night, lookin' for love - met my wife! - she introduced me to Jesus! got baptised at Pastor Jack Hayford's "Church On The Way" in 1983,.. Relapsed into the old ways, but now, by his grace' I am pulled from the fire and renewed in spirit, seeking to be obedient to Him in ALL things.. no more foolin' around... I Thank God for you... and now I listen to you and rejoice!.. hearing you singing new christian lyrics to the classic old tunes...and knowing the Lord Loves You and Your Music too!!! ...My Brother - Mark Farner...Incredible! How Cool Is That!.. how wonderful Jesus is to hear the broken heart that dares to cry out to Him to save his life... the bruised reed he will not break, the flickering candle's flame he will not blow out... because it is not the beginning of a thing that matters, but the end of a thing that counts... pray for me Mark...I came out of a time of sin, the Lord gave me a second chance... glad I found you again, saved by grace and lettin his love shine thruogh your bold testimony Love You Brother... keep singing the GOOD Stuff!!!

  • @TheDrummerman1951
    @TheDrummerman1951 7 років тому +9

    God bless you Mark I love your music. Keep up the good work.

  • @chest002
    @chest002 11 років тому +2

    Mark, when I was 14 years old you were a big inspiration to me. GFR was my favorite band and I found a way to see yawl every time you came to NC. I have lived 56 years old and have found comfort in knowledge. I have learned that you have to realize that will live in 2 existences. Spiritual and worldly. You have to be wise enough to know how to navigate in those two completely different existences. Some people do not know how to separate the two. This creates an unbalanced soul.

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому +2

    That's so cool. I never even saw him onstage. I just had a crush on his voice, and what I saw of him on the album I had of them, E Pluribus Funk. Yes, now that you mention it, I remember, he did have pure eyes. They struck me as innocent, almost pleading. I wish I could know what it meant whenever I see eyes like that! How exciting to see him come back to Christ! And his ministry to bars is so very needed! That's the compassionate heart of Jesus.

  • @josealfonsofazg3529
    @josealfonsofazg3529 11 років тому +8

    GOD BLESS MARK FARNER THE LOR KEEP HIM ON THE PALM OF HIS HAND AND GUARD HIS SOUL.

  • @holdchipformy2cents
    @holdchipformy2cents 11 років тому +3

    Had your albums; GF rocks like none other!! Love You Guys and your music!
    Mark, Your Heavenly Father loves You so. Thank You for using the Gift He gave You for His glory to bless and help people to know Him and His love for us through Jesus Christ, His Son.
    Thanks for this post, eumir37!

  • @5455mickey
    @5455mickey 11 років тому +2

    God Bless you Mark. I will always love your music and your great voice.

  • @usosamoa1065
    @usosamoa1065 9 років тому +7

    PTL...! I followed GFR as a teen in the 70's, Now Mark is following Jesus! Amen Brother......Jesus is our Captain.

  • @henrymwelwachimana6749
    @henrymwelwachimana6749 9 років тому +6

    I keep on praying for a TRIO FUNK come back . Way before i could feel HIM in MARK'S songs.

  • @anthonywanga59
    @anthonywanga59 7 років тому +6

    Grand funk railroad my favorite band in the 70's. and Mark was an inspiration for me when I started play guitar untill I stopped playing in 2009.

  • @jonathannieto3111
    @jonathannieto3111 5 років тому +2

    Wellcome to the life in Christ, Mark. Congrats. Jesus is the life, salvation and truth. !God bless you, Mark¡ Cheers. 🎸🎶🏆👍🎧

  • @riceski
    @riceski 8 років тому +1

    I saw Mark the guys in West Palm Beach Florida several times - his demeanor was always special - nice. Mark Farner was always nicer than most performers and people in general.

  • @aihsjabsuans6569
    @aihsjabsuans6569 4 роки тому

    Love you Mark!! I am now 68, first time heard GFR when I was at high school... And still a huge fan...

  • @marlachristensen2076
    @marlachristensen2076 Рік тому

    love love love! Grand Funk Railroad was the first band I ever saw in concert. Largo, MD in around 1973.

  • @darinhall1880
    @darinhall1880 4 роки тому

    God bless you Mark and all Christians we must pull together and praise God especially in these trying times love and truth will endure infinity everything else is temporary

  • @donmcc6573
    @donmcc6573 3 роки тому

    1985, Cornerstone Festival. I was watching a band called Vision, which included Billy Powell of Skynard. Then, in the middle of their set, they said, Please welcome, Mark Farner. I was floored. Just amazing!

  • @kristianhazard4511
    @kristianhazard4511 4 роки тому

    Praise God for your great grandmother and for you to be used in all capacities. The Lord never leaves us or forsakes is no matter how many times we turn away from him.

  • @mathstar4176
    @mathstar4176 2 роки тому

    Thank you Mark, you shall never lose again.

  • @erneumann3136
    @erneumann3136 10 років тому +12

    So cool!

  • @mathstar4176
    @mathstar4176 2 роки тому

    We need you my brethren, unto us God brings forth Miracles. God 🙏 is among us in the world, and Christ came for sinners.

  • @zone47
    @zone47 5 років тому

    Awesome! God bless ya Mark, you're one of my favorites and you know what to do!

  • @chest002
    @chest002 11 років тому +3

    If you become unbalanced and rely on one existence more than the other, then you are out of harmony with yourself. Jesus tried to show everyone this when he ate with the sinners. Some people navigate into the spiritual so much that they no longer have much regard for the physical world. We can all strive for the high prize, but we have to know how to tie our own shoes as well. I hope this makes sense to you. It was heart felt.

  • @lynnclary845
    @lynnclary845 2 роки тому

    That's great news. I remember hearing GFR at the age of 5-8 . It opened my love for guitar rock along with BTO( Bachmann Turner overdrive). I'm glad he is affirming that he's a Christian

  • @PopeyeBrunobester
    @PopeyeBrunobester 8 років тому +2

    I feel privileged just to say may Yahweh bless your every song Mark...say, I have some songs I'm fixing to record....could I ask you to lay down some Funk lead licks on the ones you think would benefit from it? Nobody's ever written a line quite as good as your classic From the Inside Looking Out guitar work....man that still rocks today in a big, big way! Much love to you and your family....I'll see you here....there....or for dire in the air!! Proverbs 3:5-6

  • @donnewman4541
    @donnewman4541 12 років тому +1

    what a testamony mark ! Jesus is the only way

  • @MRHOTROD396
    @MRHOTROD396 11 років тому

    I to hope things are ok with you Mark....i am 56 and lived my life rockin along with you since i was a kid...funny thing my mom married a man and his kid had a basement band that called them selfs little funk that is where i learned of Grandfunk Railroad..those guys jammed..Since then i've seen you & the band 8times in 5 different states! and have all but one LP..I seen you in OKC,OK and all most got 1 LP signed but poeple was pushing like crazy poeple.. you rock brother!!

  • @mathstar4176
    @mathstar4176 2 роки тому

    Blessings 🙏 unto Mark Farner from the Interstellar Electric Sky Church

  • @johnwade6483
    @johnwade6483 2 роки тому

    Here's an item of interest, somehow, a Grand Funk Phoenix record got in our record collection, around the time I was 17, and the 2nd song on Side 2 titled "So You Won't Have to Die," had the name of Jesus in it a few times. Me and my family attended Sunday School and Church, so I already was familiarized with Jesus, but at that age, I was also a rock and roll music fan, and hearing Jesus name in a rock and roll song really intrigued me, that was the summer of '78.

  • @mlbolts72
    @mlbolts72 6 років тому +1

    Great christian music

  • @raultocaguitarra
    @raultocaguitarra 13 років тому +1

    JESUS is the way and the life, without JESUS we are nothing,

  • @kencrook1108
    @kencrook1108 12 років тому

    Sounds like Mark was led to build a mission outside the gates of hell! Right on, brother! May your ministry continue to be blessed.

  • @angeleliofthefamilydiaz1226
    @angeleliofthefamilydiaz1226 3 роки тому

    Jesus Christ is the answer to our problems people. Let's be baptized and spread the good word and do loving acts in the name of Jesus Christ our Redeemer.

  • @evenso4106
    @evenso4106 4 роки тому

    Cool ending bro. Jesus is Lord!

  • @turkwelsch
    @turkwelsch 5 років тому

    Once saved always saved!
    Ain't the Lord great!

  • @pasquale2590
    @pasquale2590 10 років тому +1

    Dohhh.!.. posted in my wife Maria's name Brother Mark... My name's Mike when you pray for me Thanks

  • @bobbyfaulkner8596
    @bobbyfaulkner8596 5 років тому

    Only one way to be saved. Belief by faith in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4!!!

  • @ValThor-g2c
    @ValThor-g2c Рік тому

    Backsliders! Holy Ghost goes in and busts 'em! Love it. Acquisition of the Holy Spirit is IT. Amen.

  • @ignaciozuritapomeri8789
    @ignaciozuritapomeri8789 5 років тому

    Dios bendiga a Mark Farner ...

  • @MrPetrolekas
    @MrPetrolekas 5 років тому

    It was difficult to hear about Mark's ongoing neurological problems, but I still like a couple of his songs.

  • @revelationakagoldeneagle8045
    @revelationakagoldeneagle8045 2 роки тому

    🙏🌹💜🙏
    Life Is Not A Problem To Be Solved...
    Life Is A Journey To Be Lived 🌹💜🙏
    Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior 🙏
    God Is Love ❤️🌹💜🙏

  • @austinteutsch
    @austinteutsch 5 років тому

    BTW one of Mark's greatest Christian songs is called Well Done Faithful Servant. Check it out.

  • @markking5701
    @markking5701 12 років тому +1

    Step one ...do what your heart tells you is right!

    • @Stevenowski
      @Stevenowski 4 роки тому +2

      @ mark king
      No sir! “The heart is more deceitful than all else
      And is desperately sick;
      Who can understand it?" Jeremiah 17:9

    • @SuperReallyNice
      @SuperReallyNice 3 роки тому

      @@Stevenowski
      True, the heart will betray the mind.

  • @margheritasyll8879
    @margheritasyll8879 10 місяців тому

    Grande Mark❤

  • @rollinsdusty
    @rollinsdusty 11 років тому +6

    The sad thing is that the so called christian community would not give his music a chance. His new stuff was great but because it was considered more of a hard rock or blues they wouldn't play it, or at least in Greenville SC they wouldn't. Wish you the best brother and am praying for your son who was just paralyzed. God bless.

    • @donmcc6573
      @donmcc6573 6 років тому

      Absolutely untrue. He performed at Cornerstone, which was the biggest Christian rock festival of the 80s and 90s. He shared the stage with Glenn Kaiser of Rez Band.

  • @michaelstratton6701
    @michaelstratton6701 5 років тому

    That's AWESOME

  • @CadillacL
    @CadillacL 12 років тому +1

    Keep singing/playin for Him!

  • @gradylarksofficialbandacco1586
    @gradylarksofficialbandacco1586 6 років тому +1

    He is, "My Captin"

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому

    Basically! My sentiments, exactly!

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому

    Right on, you can say THAT again!

  • @jondoe6273
    @jondoe6273 6 років тому +1

    I love the entire GFR band, they aren't the same without either one of them.
    Mark without a doubt as he wrote most of the songs and sang most of the hits.
    I love them all, but hate what they did to Mark with their shady deal after their one reunion.
    He can't even use the name anymore to market his appearances.
    He could probably sue them and eventually win that right back, as it is after all all three of them that are Grand Funk.
    But a credit to Marks character and faith as the Bible talks about trying to avoid lawsuits, especially against another brother, generally meaning a brother in Christ, he still wont do it as he considers them his brothers period.
    He's talked about how he hates what they did, but will always love them as brothers regardless of their manipulating him to sign something that was not in his best interest to say the least.
    He said he didn't bother to read it through, or bring it to an attorney, cause he trusted them and thought they were his freinds.
    It hurt him more that they did that than it did the money he will be denyed.
    But imo, Mark comes out looking like the way bigger man sticking to his principles and choosing not to fight in court guys that were at least one time his closets freinds and brothers in spirit and together, conquered the world with their amazing chemestry as a band.
    Sad to have it end up this way.
    Bur Mark still sounds as great as ever and seems genuinely content.
    No doubt his faith makes it possible to move on and forgive.
    Not ok what they did, but forgive them.
    He can look in the mirror and be ok about it and no doubt the Lord will bless him and has blessed him for choosing humility when it must not have been easy.
    Mark, you've been an awesome example of a regular dude trusting God and trying to do the right think whithout any hint of pretentiousness.

  • @gschong
    @gschong 13 років тому +2

    Probably, Mark seems like he is not as active in spreading the Gospel because he is devoting most of his time and efforts to helping his son, Jesse, who was in a tragic accident and has quadriplegia. Mark was interviewed recently by Governor Mike Huckabee and, apparently, is also busy fundraising for a charity devoted to those who are dealing with brain/spinal cord injuries like his son Jesse. His faith is still alive, and in a way that draws rockers like Roger Daltry to help a worth cause.

    • @soulkiss1001
      @soulkiss1001 Рік тому

      did roger daltry help farners charity?

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому

    True. Very true.

  • @TsunamiDreamJesusIsLord
    @TsunamiDreamJesusIsLord 5 років тому

    Jesus bless

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому

    Good question! I've never even uploaded a video. I wouldn't have a clue how to do it! But I do know that if you approach the UA-cam organizers, they might be able to help you. Good luck, though. They seemed to be okay with the life story of Keith Green 4 years ago! Maybe they're still okay.
    And this was uploaded in 2010! That's a real good sign! I'll sign a petition if that's how they operate. My prayers are with ya if u want 2 do it.

  • @vickyvlrich
    @vickyvlrich 2 роки тому

    ♥️♥️♥️

  • @66LifesMistress77
    @66LifesMistress77 12 років тому

    OMG how TRAGIC! Wow, I wish there was someplace you could get this kind of news. Seems like more believers cld be praying for Mark and Jesse, and everything. But how can we pray for them if we never know these things? This is the kind of celebrity news I care about. Sure looks like God is in the process of overcoming what the enemy meant for evil with good, tho. Keep the faith, Mark!

  • @percys9427
    @percys9427 5 років тому

    Mark Farner is one of my mentors!

  • @bennycastillomorenomysmall2417
    @bennycastillomorenomysmall2417 10 років тому +2

    Great chirstiAn rock band

  • @PlanetRockJesus
    @PlanetRockJesus 11 років тому +2

    So, Mark was going along with it. So many of these rock stars get a religious hiccup, do a Christian album or two, then realize there's no money in it, and they schlep back to the dark side.

    • @soulkiss1001
      @soulkiss1001 Рік тому +1

      do you evangelize on your job constantly?

  • @jackieoman6695
    @jackieoman6695 4 роки тому

    Geeez poor guy !! I hope he knows who he is 😪😪 this is a hard video to watch ! A man in torment for sure !!! May God bless you and keep you sir 😂😂

  • @arnoldtate4029
    @arnoldtate4029 2 роки тому

    😍

  • @PlanetRockJesus
    @PlanetRockJesus 11 років тому +1

    He says Closer to My Home was spiritual, and you could take it that way. It's a nice song. I always liked it. But then four years later he was doing American Band, we'll help you party down, with the chiquitas from Omaha... You've got to keep your feet on the ground, people, not jump around in the world. Then, after you come out as a Christian, you can slither back to your dog vomit?

    • @Rock-iw7ov
      @Rock-iw7ov 6 років тому

      PlanetRockJesus wasn't that Don Brewers song

  • @ALIgnatiev
    @ALIgnatiev 12 років тому

    OOOhhhh!!!!

  • @jefaerts4207
    @jefaerts4207 3 роки тому

    He needs a new christian music release

  • @CadillacL
    @CadillacL 12 років тому

    @raultocaguitarra Amen!

  • @reynaibanez9683
    @reynaibanez9683 2 роки тому +1

    En español no entiendo nada

  • @mathstar4176
    @mathstar4176 2 роки тому

    New Age Interstellar Electric Sky Canyon Church

  • @chadkincham
    @chadkincham 4 роки тому

    So Mark is another prodigal son? And Alice Cooper is a PK, preachers kid, who typically rebel, and he came back to faith.

  • @discipleinlight
    @discipleinlight 13 років тому +1

    What happened to Mark? As far as I know he does not do Christian music anymore. He used to have a vibrant testimony. Now it seems he is back in the world with no testimony of Jesus anymore.

  • @lawrencegoodrow6910
    @lawrencegoodrow6910 11 років тому

    And everyone figured out the reason GFR will NEVER be in the shlock and droll crawl of shame....Mark is a Christian, and that does not go with the politically Koresh. Madonna??? cut the Bull..thin slices, lotsa bread please.

  • @chadkincham
    @chadkincham 4 роки тому

    That into-the-sun at the end of the video, sucks. I guess drugs make you think you’re really sounding good..

  • @greenguitarfish
    @greenguitarfish 2 роки тому

    I appreciate the man’s bold witness. However, I have listened to some rather unclean language from him on interviews. We as followers of Christ are His ambassadors. We represent our Lord. Why does he not follow scripture, and chooses to let fly such unholy language? None of us are modeling Jesus perfectly, and we all have blind spots, but his lack of basic Christian understanding is problematic for me. It is a red flag, and there are likely other less obvious problems.

  • @markfarner123
    @markfarner123 12 років тому

    mark farner is grand funk railroad no mark farner no grand funk

  • @MeAndTheBoys_
    @MeAndTheBoys_ 5 років тому

    Another musician lost to religion. How have the mighty fallen.

  • @maryannmccarthy9029
    @maryannmccarthy9029 6 років тому +1

    This destroyed mark! Ugh goodbye my love

  • @YourFriendPawl
    @YourFriendPawl 12 років тому

    Step #1: Become rich and live a life of excess including doing every drug in the world and having sex with a sea of women.
    Step #2: Become a Christian and become all preachy
    Step #3: ???
    Step #4: Go to heaven?

    • @tracym1208
      @tracym1208 7 років тому

      paulekko l can't say foreshore.... but I'm thinking more room in heaven for once sinners Than total of all SAINTS.

    • @jimburden5113
      @jimburden5113 6 років тому

      Paul Sideris Nope not at all in order to understand Christianity you study the Bible. And there is only one Bible KJB non other.

    • @donmcc6573
      @donmcc6573 6 років тому

      Step #5 Accept forgiveness of sins according to God's grace alone, and forget about the judgmental attitude of Paul Sideris.

  • @costafinkel
    @costafinkel 12 років тому

    Mark ruined Grand Funk Railroad for me, when I discovered he was a christian.

    • @tracym1208
      @tracym1208 7 років тому

      Gabriel Costa --- WELL YA COULD GO LAY Y YOUR DISH..

  • @brucehiggins2520
    @brucehiggins2520 7 років тому

    Lame