The Deacon's Bench
From Christianity Today:
Veteran rock musician Alice Cooper shared recently that he volunteers as a substitute Sunday school teacher at his local church.
The 66-year-old “Poison” singer made his mark in music during the rock ‘n’ roll era as “The Godfather of Shock Rock” mainly due to his gory stage shows which featured ghastly props including guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors.
Five decades later Cooper, born Vincent Damon Furnier, still performs under his world-famous stage name but in far-less shocking settings, perhaps to honor his Christian faith.
“I teach Bible study, I’m sort of a substitute,” Cooper told Nati Celebrity Services vice president Chris Riddick at the celebrity flag football game at the Super Bowl in Arizona on Saturday, jokingly adding “if nobody shows up, I’m the bottom-of-the-barrel guy.”
Cooper, a born-again Christian and reformed alcoholic, regularly attends the interdenominational church called Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley, where he sometimes teaches Bible study.
Read more and watch video of him talking about it here.
Photo: Alice Cooper via Wikipedia
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