Ambassador Dr. Bobby Jones Legends Award 2014 - Pastor Maceo Woods

Pastor Maceo Woods, Born on the far south side of Chicago in the community of Morgan park, Maceo L. Woods, showed promise as a servant of God early in life; being interested in and concerned about the welfare of others.  From early youth to manhood, he labored in the field of church music, as soloist, choirmaster, and  organist. By the year 1950 Maceo L. Woods was already universally acclaimed by many to be one of the world’s greatest gospel organists and choirmasters; appearing in such noted auditoriums as New York’s Madison Square Garden, and Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater. His soulful interpretation of ‘Amazing Grace’ has been immortalized

Since the time of his calling to the ministry in 1959 and the birth of Christian Tabernacle Church, in 1960, Pastor Woods has continued producing, training, and directing choirs, recording and reaching vast public audiences through radio and television ministries. Pastor Woods is included in the pages of gospel music history as accounted by author Anthony Heilbut in his book the Gospel Sound

Although he and the Christian Tabernacle Choir are continuously in demand for engagements in churches, civic affairs and on concert stages throughout the nation, Pastor Woods chooses to spend the majority of his time pasturing the flock of Christian Tabernacle Church. He is often heard saying, “I thank God I’m a preachers who can play the organ rather than an organ player who can preach.”

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