Why Don Moen Told Me It's Not Good to Say "Lift Up Your Hands" In Gospel Music - Frank Edwards

Nigerian Gospel singer Frank Edwards is opening up in a new interview about the mentorship he has received from popular American gospel singer Don Moen, and speaking on how Don Moen's mentorship has changed his life, and taught him lessons he never knew about including why it's not right to say "lift your hands up" in gospel music. Here's what Frank Edwards explained.

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Speaking about his mentorship under Don Moen and some of the lessons he learned including why saying "lift your hands up" during gospel music is not right, Frank Edwards said:

FRANK EDWARDS: Before I met Don Moen, I was doing my own thing. I had recorded some songs, some people knew me in my church and I would minister in my church programs. Before I met him, I was just doing what I thought was right music wise: recording and singing. But after I met him, we had series of mentorship meetings, some of them not planned. Sometimes he would just sit me down and sometimes, I would ask him some questions. And I discovered that 80% of what I thought I knew, I didn't know. Like 80% of what I thought I knew about both music distribution, composition, songwriting, performing, ministring. When he would be speaking to me, I would be thinking 'I thought I knew this thing, I thought it was the right way to do it. So I've been doing this thing wrong all along'.

Like one time, we were writing a song together and I said "here, let's say 'everybody lift up your hands'" and he said, "Why would you force anybody to lift up their hands?" He said, "That sounds like manipulation. When you minister to people, the spirit of God will lead them in their heart to either lift up their hand or to lay on the floor or whatever the spirit wants to lead. Don't be the one to tell them because that's like you're trying to force them to do it." And I was like oh! I've said that all my life and I thought it was okay. So, his mentorship has really shaped my ministry.

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