By Alexzenia Davis
It is 11:15 AM, Saturday morning and the 1st Baptist Church of North Hollywood California is already alive as filming for the gospel music video ‘I’m A Soldier’ gets underway.
It is a calm atmosphere on the church lawn as members of the production team, actors, and some members of the congregation wait patiently for filming to begin again.
Written by husband and wife duo Lawrence and Pam Droughn, ‘I’m A Soldier’ speaks of the spiritual battles we fight daily.
“[The song’s] about showing the world that being a soldier in the Lord’s army starts when we wake up in the morning,” Pam explains, “Reading his word for instruction… the video tells the world it’s a beautiful thing. We have to have our hearts right.”
The couple who both began singing at the ages of five in church share a love of ‘ministering the gospel through music.’
“We chose soldier because it’s a now type of song. We wanted to reach young adults who might be struggling in life,” Lawrence says.
Director and founder of Hollywood Kid Productions, Terry Wilkerson, and executive producer, Salenta Baisden, both developed the concept for the video.
“When I heard the song, I felt like it had a strong message. I felt like it was really something that needed to be portrayed. I didn’t think anyone else would be able to bring across the vision I had for it,” says Wilkerson.
The video follows Lawrence into his nightmare where he foresees the closing of the church and the eruption of crime. Immediately he decides to recruit people to fight in the name of the Lord. As the video progresses, we see a girl rescued by Pam and guys exchanging guns for Bibles.
“We want to capture the essence of their lyrics as well as exemplify their vision,” says Baisden, “To us that means soldiers in the army of the Lord, spiritual warfare, and everything necessary to get the attention of this generation and point them in the direction of their salvation through Jesus Christ.”
“They’re soldiers, they just have to go around telling people to get down with God,” Wilkerson adds.
The up tempo hip hop meets gospel song which makeup artist Zena Hernandez describes as ‘young and vibrant’ is sure to be a hit among people of all ages.
“This song is for everyone who’s doing the work of the Lord,” Lawrence says adding a reminder that, “We’re all soldiers trained to fight a good fight for the Lord.”
“This video is awesome and wonderful,” promises actor Billy Stoakley, “So glad I was given the opportunity to be a tool.”
“We’re hoping that this video will be a pleasing offering to God,” says Salenta Baisden.
Hollywood Kids Production and Almighty Entertainment would like to thank co-writer and producer of I'm A Soldier, Jason Floyd. They would also like to thank Pastor Michael Woodcock and the 1st Baptist Church of North Hollywood.
For more information on PamLawrence, visit Pamlawrence.com or CDBaby.com
It is 11:15 AM, Saturday morning and the 1st Baptist Church of North Hollywood California is already alive as filming for the gospel music video ‘I’m A Soldier’ gets underway.
It is a calm atmosphere on the church lawn as members of the production team, actors, and some members of the congregation wait patiently for filming to begin again.
Written by husband and wife duo Lawrence and Pam Droughn, ‘I’m A Soldier’ speaks of the spiritual battles we fight daily.
“[The song’s] about showing the world that being a soldier in the Lord’s army starts when we wake up in the morning,” Pam explains, “Reading his word for instruction… the video tells the world it’s a beautiful thing. We have to have our hearts right.”
The couple who both began singing at the ages of five in church share a love of ‘ministering the gospel through music.’
“We chose soldier because it’s a now type of song. We wanted to reach young adults who might be struggling in life,” Lawrence says.
Director and founder of Hollywood Kid Productions, Terry Wilkerson, and executive producer, Salenta Baisden, both developed the concept for the video.
“When I heard the song, I felt like it had a strong message. I felt like it was really something that needed to be portrayed. I didn’t think anyone else would be able to bring across the vision I had for it,” says Wilkerson.
The video follows Lawrence into his nightmare where he foresees the closing of the church and the eruption of crime. Immediately he decides to recruit people to fight in the name of the Lord. As the video progresses, we see a girl rescued by Pam and guys exchanging guns for Bibles.
“We want to capture the essence of their lyrics as well as exemplify their vision,” says Baisden, “To us that means soldiers in the army of the Lord, spiritual warfare, and everything necessary to get the attention of this generation and point them in the direction of their salvation through Jesus Christ.”
“They’re soldiers, they just have to go around telling people to get down with God,” Wilkerson adds.
The up tempo hip hop meets gospel song which makeup artist Zena Hernandez describes as ‘young and vibrant’ is sure to be a hit among people of all ages.
“This song is for everyone who’s doing the work of the Lord,” Lawrence says adding a reminder that, “We’re all soldiers trained to fight a good fight for the Lord.”
“This video is awesome and wonderful,” promises actor Billy Stoakley, “So glad I was given the opportunity to be a tool.”
“We’re hoping that this video will be a pleasing offering to God,” says Salenta Baisden.
Hollywood Kids Production and Almighty Entertainment would like to thank co-writer and producer of I'm A Soldier, Jason Floyd. They would also like to thank Pastor Michael Woodcock and the 1st Baptist Church of North Hollywood.
For more information on PamLawrence, visit Pamlawrence.com or CDBaby.com
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