Mighty Men USA Tickets/Info: bit.ly/15LVDMG From The Tennessean: Charlie Daniels is Nashville mens conference musical headliner Famed singer and fiddle player Charlie Daniels is a musical headliner for the Mighty Men USA Conference scheduled for Nov. 17 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. G. Allen Jackson, Daniels’ pastor at the World Outreach Church and Angus Buchan, a South African farmer, are the speakers, but Daniels says he may have a few things to say. And while he’s getting as known for his conservative politics as his music — “Justice for the Benghazi Four. Mr. President you may think it’s over and done with but there is a higher court that is always in session,” he posted on Twitter Friday — conference-goers shouldn’t expect to hear any of that. Will you have any advice for husbands and fathers at the conference? My part is playing the music. Angus Buchan will be giving the message, and he’s an incredibly good speaker. He’s a farmer from South Africa who has made his living in the soil for many, many years. He has several children, he has built a business, he has raised a family, and he has been very successful at it. He’s a man of God, and he did it using a godly approach. He will be imparting that to the men who come to the Mighty Men Conference. I’ll mostly play gospel stuff. My pastor, Allen Jackson — I’ve done several things like this before — he might pop up and say, “Charlie, play ‘Devil Went Down to Georgia.’” If the pastor says it, I’ll do it. Your switch from hellraiser to Christian man is well documented in your music. What prompted your transformation, and how did your family get through it? I’ve always believed in God and Jesus Christ, it just took me awhile to figure out what it was about. I thought it was about being perfect, which is impossible. I got the condemnation part down pretty good, but I didn’t understand the love and forbearing and what it all meant. It took me a long time to grasp that. I never was a mean person. I ain’t never killed nobody. There was many years that — as you say — I was a hellraiser, but I was always a believer. It was a matter of trying to get more in line. I don’t think nobody is, and I’m certainly not. Your Twitter feed shows your politics are quite conservative. Would liberal or moderate Christians be uncomfortable at the Mighty Men Conference? Good gosh, no. It depends on what you consider conservative. So much of what is considered liberal is secular in that they don’t believe in God. They don’t believe in Jesus Christ. If you’re going in that direction, yes, you’re going to feel uncomfortable. I think you should come anyway. It makes no difference what your politics are. Whoever you voted for, it don’t make any difference. This transcends politics. This transcends all of that stuff. You asked me about two separate things. You asked me about the Mighty Men Conference and a political piece I wrote on my soap box. Be sure and get this straight: When I speak at the Mighty Men Conference, I am not speaking politics. This has nothing to do with politics. This is a conference for men who want to maintain their relationships with their families and improve their relationship with their family. They want to learn what God’s plan is for them and their families. They want to be better fathers, better husbands, better people. Anybody who has a belief in God can glean something from this conference. Do you think there’s a crisis with men in this country not stepping up to their duties? Yes. How many deadbeat fathers have you got? Kids are on the street, welfare families. You want to get your eyes opened? I did. Go down to the juvenile detention center in Nashville. Look at some of the kids down there and talk to some of the people. I asked one of the guys, “Why in the world does anybody bring children into this world to end up in a place like this?” He said, “You can come to court with me and find out. All these kids mean to their parents is a check every month. The more than have, the bigger the check.” That’s not me saying that. This is somebody who works at the juvenile detention center. How would you feel if you grew up and didn’t even know who your father was? If your mother didn’t know who your father was? I’d feel pretty rotten. That’s the implications of a man having a child and walking off and leaving it. If you have 15 children and have to work 15 jobs to support them, that’s your responsibility. Where do you attend church? World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro. I’ve been here for 46 years, I kept going to churches, I found a lot of good churches and good people, but I kept going until I found one I felt at home in. They do an Easter service at the (Middle Tennessee State University) Murphy Center every year, and they have an artist perform some songs. They had me one year. I liked what I saw, and I started going to church there, and I love it.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:29:46 +0000
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