{"id":2020160,"date":"2023-09-02T09:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granger-smith-reveals-hes-leaving-music-for-ministry-more-than-building-a-name-for-myself\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T09:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:44:40","slug":"granger-smith-reveals-hes-leaving-music-for-ministry-more-than-building-a-name-for-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granger-smith-reveals-hes-leaving-music-for-ministry-more-than-building-a-name-for-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Granger Smith quits music for ministry: Beyond self-promotion."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgranger-smith-reveals-hes-leaving-music-for-ministry-more-than-building-a-name-for-myself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020160&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Country Music Star Granger Smith Leaves Music Industry for\u2062 Christian \u200dMinistry<\/h2>\n<p>Country music star Granger Smith recently announced\u2064 his departure from\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor\/\" title=\"SiriusXM, Pandora, CMT, iHeartRadio Pull Morgan Wallen Music Following N-Word Video Recorded By Neighbor\">music industry<\/a> to pursue full-time Christian ministry. In a heartfelt Instagram post reflecting on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alanis-morissettes-jagged-little-pill-broadway-show-permanently-closes-due-to-nyc-covid-surge\/\" title=\"Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' Broadway Show Permanently Closes Due to NYC COVID Surge\">final performance<\/a>, Smith shared a &#8220;keepsake&#8221; photo \u2064and clarified his reasons for the change.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2063took this\u2063 pic on Saturday &#8211; a\u2062 keepsake from my\u200d last show as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-various-positions-of-leonard-cohen\/\" title=\"The Various Positions of Leonard Cohen\">touring musician<\/a>,&#8221; Smith\u200b wrote. \u2062&#8221;It\u2019s been such \u2062a \u200bprivilege to claim that job \u200btitle for so many years!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith \u200bwanted to make it clear that this transition \u200bis not retirement or a result of\u2062 burnout, illness, heartbreak, or grief. Instead, he expressed that \u2064he \u2063feels more at peace and free \u200cthan ever before. He explained that his\u200d decision \u200cis\u200c inspired by the\u200d biblical parable found\u200d in Matthew 13:44, which compares the kingdom of heaven to a hidden treasure in\u200c a field.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The real reason \u200dI&#8217;m pursuing Christian ministry \u200dis \u200bto proclaim the name \u200dof Christ!&#8221; Smith emphasized. &#8220;I want \u200cHim \u2063to be known, and I want to know Him\u200b more. That is\u200b the real reason I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granger-smith-reveals-hes-leaving-music-for-ministry-more-than-building-a-name-for-myself\/\" title=\"Granger Smith quits music for ministry: Beyond self-promotion.\">leaving music touring<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith assured his fans that he hopes to see them again soon &#8220;on \u2062a new kind of stage.&#8221; In addition \u2062to\u2064 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-wallens-record-sales-skyrocket-amid-racial-slur-controversy\/\" title=\"Morgan Wallen\u2019s Record Sales Skyrocket Amid Racial Slur Controversy\">music career<\/a>,\u2062 he\u200b has also been working on his book, Like a River, which was released on \u2064August 1st. The book \u2064shares\u2062 a powerful spiritual encounter Smith had with God after the tragic drowning death of \u2062his son\u2064 in 2019. It offers readers a triumphant story \u200dof finding new life amidst\u2063 tragedy and teaches them how to confront their pain, \u200cface their\u200c failures, and connect with \u200cGod as the true source of \u200clife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music star Granger Smith bid farewell to his music career, sharing a &#8220;keepsake&#8221; photo and assuring fans that he is transitioning to full-time Christian ministry. Reflecting on his last performance, the 43-year-old artist took to Instagram to clarify his decision and express gratitude to his supporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}