"Serving God was the last thing on my list," said gospel minister and recording artiste LJ-Purpose, who admits he wanted to work "like the average man, party, smoke, drink and have girlfriends".
"Looking back at the idea I had for my life, I can laugh and also cry, knowing it wasn't going anywhere. God turned my life around," he told
Gospel Spotlight.
Now a proclaimed man of God, Linton Samuels Jr (his given name) sees gospel ministry as part of his purpose, but he "breaks the traditional rules of worship".
He said, "Tradition has taught us to go to church on Saturday or Sunday to worship God. In a way, it keeps you in a box and sometimes, after those two days, we go back home and we're back at square one. We cannot stay within the boundaries of church singing and clapping. When we assemble before God, it should be a case that we go to experience him, not because we are instructed to."