User:Asekor

Asekor Glay was Born July 2, 1979. He is a Gospel singer. He resides in Minnesota,yet work with other artists in L.A, Atlanta Georgia, Minesota, Forida, New york and other cities around the country.

Surviving the unspeakable horrors of being exiled, escaping capture from Liberian rebels, attempting to avoid the chaos of civil war might seem like something out of a fictitious novel, but for Asekor Glay, it was the reality of his childhood. Being caught in the middle of a civil war from 1989 to 1997, as a youth, he learned early the power of worship, and having faith in God. His unimaginable circumstances became the background to his extraordinary journey in Christian music. With rebels attacking and capturing surrounding cities, Asekor continuously fled to villages singing with local Christian groups and ministering God’s word. It did not matter whether he had transportation, his legs were his vehicles that took him to gospel conferences miles away to proclaimed and hear the gospel preached. As a singer, he learned to adapt and sing every style of tribal Christian music to be effective in his message as he fled from village to village. At the age of twelve, he learned the importance of living for God in changing the world through Christian music. His incontestable vocal range at the age of fourteen led him to sing with national mass choir and leading church Choirs in Liberia. His affiliation with these Christian groups exposed him to western Christian music he picked as his own. In addition, he formed and led many Christian groups in every city and town he lived in along with his family group, the Glay brothers, which included his three brothers, saykaye, Alvin, and Alton Glay. After the rebels took over his parents homes, and burn It to the ground, he was forced to flee to exile, Guinea. There he continued to travel on foot with Christians groups ministering through music, and evangelizing. By 1995, when the civil war in Liberia subsided, after many fail attempts to cross the guinea border to get into Liberia,  Asekor and his brother Saykaye Glay led by  a rebel commando fought through forest crossing  the St. John’s river by canoe into Liberia. By the grace of God he and his brother returned safely to Monrovia. Even though  there were nothing left of his parents home, barely any food to eat, He formed another Christian group. While ministering around the City of Monrovia at concerts and other Gospel programs, another rebel attacked, once again that forced him to flee to the Ivory Coast. As a refugee in the Ivory Coast, he built a reputation as a solid Christian artist. He was approached to join several popular entertainment groups, but he continued to lead his family group, The Glay brothers that became one of the top Christian groups in the Ivory Coast. Just when Asekor was planning to go back to Liberia, burdened with the thought of running away from rebels again, God begin exposing his plan for him through his Grand mother, Vonyee Saye. With careful planning, Mrs. Saye send for him and his brothers including his mother Betty Johnson to join her in the United States on Dec. 2, 1997. His dream to spread Christian music worldwide is not a delusion. Since he touched the soil of the United States, and resided in Atlanta Georgia, he has been ministering locally across the states to make that dream come true. Yet, the devil sent another attacked to stop him from proceeding with ministry, he had  a nervous break down that took him into depression for two years, at the point  where he begin contemplating  suicide, but again his  life long dream to reach the world with  God’s word in order to save others from struggle,  and  suicide   kept him alive. Even though he was still in depression, he graduated from DeVry University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Information system with a 3.11 grade point average. As an Artistic Evangelist, not only does he sing and act, he writes songs that relates to the struggles people face today, poetry, and currently working on memoir, Refinement By fire. His testimony will bring non-Christians and Christians alike into his world of intimacy with Christ. His gifts of Adaptation has enable him to mastered American Music, but still he holds on to a unique Jazzy-R&B- contemporary-Gospel-African style that separates him from any Artist. He is currently working with Tate Music group on a project that schedule to be release sometimes in 2009. His eagerness and determination to reach masses with the gospel is a true testament to his growth as a contemporary gospel artist. Yet the story is beginning to unfold for this charismatic singer. His style is modern and fresh. His colorful past is a reminder of cherishing his God given gifts, and using it to bless, encourage, restore the hurting, and bring the lost to Christ. The privilege lifestyle he lives today is a true testament to his strong faith in God. His love for God continues to inspire him to write and compose music in atonement with the Holy-Spirit.