While growing up in the early 80s Amp became highly influenced by the Hip Hop culture. Although he was raised in the church, as he became a teenager, he became heavily involved with drugs. But by the time he was 21, he came to a point where he knew he could not live that life any longer. One night at his cousin’s (Norm) house, the Holy Spirit broke him as he cried out to the Lord for repentance and deliverance from his sins. At first he thought that this new change he had experienced on the inside meant a change on the outside as well, because it was so radical, but it wasn’t until he began his journey through the scriptures that the Lord illuminated otherwise. His outside appearance and love for hip hop culture did not have to change. Although he was now born again and on the inside he was being conformed into the image of Christ, he was simultaneously being molded to become an urban missionary to the culture he most identified with and loved as a teenager – the hip hop culture.In 1999, he officially became the leader of God’s Gang Ministries where he served as street evangelist and MC. As a Christian MC his first mission and priority is to preach the Gospel off the microphone in his community and abroad, and fundamentally present the Gospel so that it is comprehensive to the average individual. Second, he is to utilize the platform and the art-form of the MC to proclaim the Gospel, edify the saints, and spur his self and the Church to godliness and missional living.Amp hopes and prays that through his music he will be provided with the opportunity to go into full-time ministry. He also hopes to be an example to the believers, as the Apostle Paul commanded Timothy in 1 Timothy 4: 12, in his lifestyle as a MC. Here are few words from Amp himself concerning this issue, “As an Evangelist/ MC, I think it is essential that we be accountable to leadership to make full proof of our ministry, and to facilitate and cultivate a community that is conducive for developing these types of ethics concerning our priorities toward urban missions and evangelism. I pray my lifestyle and music screams loudly that for me and my crew it’s not just about dropping a CD, rocking a few crowds, and then be considering ourselves evangelist without even actually evangelizing outside the walls of the church. This is what we do and we do it in light of the call and commission from the Lord Jesus Himself to all believers. And our zeal is nothing more than His grace spurring us on which is springing forth out of an organic appreciation for the Person, Work, and Ministry of none other than The Man (1 Tim.2), Christ Jesus our Lord. So my brothers and I are beseeching the Lord with hope to see the lifestyle of the Gospel MC become more accountable and critically analyzed with a biblical lens rather than just their photographer’s lens he uses from their hot photo shoot; feel me!â€In 2004, Amp enrolled at Philadelphia Biblical University where he is currently finishing up his Bachelors degree in Biblical Studies. He is married to his beautiful wife Tanya and they have 6 beautiful children. He and his family are members of Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA.
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