{"id":119619,"date":"2014-06-12T20:48:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T02:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-pastor-gets-a-singing-gig-on-cable-television\/"},"modified":"2014-06-12T20:48:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T02:48:25","slug":"local-pastor-gets-a-singing-gig-on-cable-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-pastor-gets-a-singing-gig-on-cable-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Local pastor gets a singing gig on cable television"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Mark Baker, left, poses with Sheila Keaton and Steve Hall after the filming of his appearance on the \u201cShotgun Red Show\u201d in Nashville. Hall found Baker\u2019s YouTube channel and invited him to appear on the show, which will air for the first time on June 19 at 3 p.m. on RFD-TV.<\/span>Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A local cowboy pastor and musician will serenade viewers of cable channel RFD-TV with classic Western tunes next week.<\/p>\n

Pastor Mark Baker will sing two old Stuart Hamblen favorites as a featured guest of the Shotgun Red Variety Show.<\/p>\n

The host of the show, Steve Hall, found Baker through the pastor\u2019s YouTube Channel and selected him to be one of 24 artists that will be featured on the show this year. Hall invited Baker to Nashville this winter for filming.<\/p>\n

The Shotgun Red Show is named after a cowboy puppet who co-hosts the show and has been on the air for decades. It is a regular part of RFD-TV programing. The cable channel targets rural interests and features programming such as the U.S. Farm Report and the reruns of the Roy Rogers show.<\/p>\n

A lifelong musician and a third-generation country-western singer, Baker said he was honored to be on channel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up at my dad\u2019s knee listening to cowboy music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In college, he tried out classical music and sang opera before deciding that he was a Western singer. Later he went to seminary and became a Baptist pastor.<\/p>\n

Baker came to the area about three-and-a-half years ago to pastor the The Baptist Chapel on Dolores Road. He also started the Southwest Cowboy Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vision of the cowboy church is to share the love of Jesus with affinity with or a love for the cowboy way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Cowboy Church is nondenominational and meets once a month at the Lewis-Arriola Community Center. It is part of a growing movement across the country that celebrates Christianity and a cowboy way of life, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the very beginning, it was based in Christianity,\u201d said Baker of his way of life.<\/p>\n

He said that the Cowboy Church resonates strongly with family-oriented people that want to see the country come back to Christian values. The strong western culture in the Cortez area was also one of the reasons that the area appealed to him.<\/p>\n

Since he took over The Baptist Chapel, it has quadrupled in size, and he\u2019s planning renovations to the building.<\/p>\n

\u201cI credit the Lord and give him the glory,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

mshinn@cortezjournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you watch<\/h4>\n

Cowboy Pastor Mark Baker\u2019s appearance on the Shotgun Red Variety Show will air three times on RFD-TV in June. These listing are given in Mountain Time.
\n June 19: 3 p.m.
\n Friday, June 20: 1 a.m.
\n Sunday, June 22: 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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