Four years after the loss of his three-year-old son River, the country star is in seminary school
"I wrestled with the idea for a long time that this doesn't feel right," the "Backroad Song" singer explained.The 43-year-old"Happens Like That" singer announced his upcoming"Like a River" tour would be his last as he looks to devote his life to his local church ministry outside of Austin, Texas. His final performance will be on August 26.
Yearning for a new sense of purpose, the musician revealed that he's working towards receiving a master's degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Eager to share the gospel, Smith said that some had encouraged him to spread the word through song, but felt like it wasn't enough. "I wrestled with the idea for a long time that this doesn't feel right," he explained."A lot of pastors and preachers told me, 'Country music is your ministry, brother. You're in a dark world. You’re bringing light to a dark world. You’re going into bars and stages where people might not have heard the message of Christ, and you get to speak it – that is your ministry.
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