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The Monotone Yell, Gasp, and Clap Preaching Style

Even if you removed all the words and just left the tone of voice, you’d still know you were listening to a southern fundamentalist preacher.


Posted by Darrell

13 comments...What do you think?

  1. Posted by Nathan 21st October, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    Haha funny! I don’t understand how people can do that. Doesn’t that hurt the precious voice after awhile? :)

  2. Posted by Eric 21st October, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    The preaching style reminds me of Fundieism, the highback chairs that look like kings thrones remind me of Fundieism, and the baptistery centered in the wall of the church reminds me of Fundieism, but doesn’t having guitar in church automatically disqualify you?

  3. Posted by Darrell 21st October, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    Not in the South where Southern Gospel music is sanctified and above reproach.

  4. Posted by Mark 22nd October, 2009 at 7:47 am

    My students hate it when I teach like that.

  5. Posted by Stan 22nd October, 2009 at 9:03 am

    Yea, living in the Northeast it’s rare to see a guitar on the stage (I mean platform). But you’re right, the highback chairs and even the purple carpeting are cleary fundie. But I’m not used to seeing those types of mikes on a fundie preacher, it’s almost always lapel mikes up here.

  6. Posted by Jason 22nd October, 2009 at 9:26 am

    That’s good preachin’ right there! :D

  7. Posted by Rob Wagner 22nd October, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    I would keel over if I preached like that…and I’m only 27. It does give you a adrenalin high tho I imagine.

    Yea the guitar would never fly in a fundy church up here in the midwest!

    And did you notice that he’s using a pop-culture-born boom mike!!

  8. Posted by Shimrit 22nd October, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    That was a boom mike?

    I thought it was a big mole!!

  9. Posted by Mark 22nd October, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    With that mic, he’s one step away from Joel Osteen.

  10. Posted by Morgan 22nd October, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    I was waiting for the “thump” of the King James Bible on the pulpit.

  11. Posted by Nathan 22nd October, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    Ooh good point Morgan! And he has to slap his large KJB a couple times, pointing at people with it!

  12. Posted by Brendt Waters 23rd October, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    I thought this was going to be different. This guy is so minor league. ;-) The real champions are the “suck-n-blow” preachers. I heard one once — once (50 pts if you get the “Johnny Dangerously” reference).

    Guy read the Scripture in a normal voice — it was 3 passages that I was curious to see how he was going to tie together — I was quite intrigued.

    Then he prayed, also in a normal voice.

    Then he proceeded to yell unintelligibly for 45 minutes (blow), interspersed with gasps for air (suck). This was punctuated by lots of “Amen”-ing from the congregation, who apparently understood the crazy moon language that he was using.

    I still don’t know how those 3 passages correlate.

  13. Posted by Kate 10th January, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Regarding the guitar on “stage.” Try 2 guitars, a banjo, mandolin and stand up bass in churches with KJV 1611 on the sign out front. I’ve been behind one of those guitars many times in many churches over 25 years of traveling music ministry and I don’t recall a time when they objected. One little KJV 1611 church even asked us to do our secular cowboy music along with our gospel music in both Sunday school program and the AM service! We were stunned and felt kind of uncomfortable with it, but they loved it and have asked us back over the years. I guess you just never know. BTW cowboy music here is not country– think Sons of the Pioneers or Roy Rogers.

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