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Music and Worship in the Evangelical Brazilian Church

Posted Jul 29, 09:55 AM | 1 comments | by David Robertson | Link

A conversation Gustavo and Denise Frederico

• Gustavo Frederico
• Denise Frederico
• 32 minutes

Gustavo Frederico

Gustavo Frederico was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1974. He was raised in Brazil in a Baptist environment. He studied the violin for 9 years since his childhood, while always being involved with music in churches. He gave up music to graduate in Computer Science, which is much easier. Gus and his mother- Denise – were part of the committee that compiled the new Brazilian Baptist hymnbook in the 90s. Gus immigrated to Ottawa, Canada, in the late 90s, where he has worked with software development and pursued post-graduate studies. He gladly assumes his new Canadian identity. So far he managed to try to skate, fill up his garage with stuff and learn French. He listens to the emergent conversation from the outskirts (whatever that means). He’s married and a father of two.

Lyrics to “In the Name of Justice” by João Alexandre:

While violence devastates people in the slums,
And those who know everything say they know nothing,
While wages rot waiting in line,
And men revoke the laws instead of fulfilling them,

While sickness takes the place of health,
And those who promised being beside the people keep changing their attitudes,
While deals are struck behind closed doors,
And the noble’s honor yields its place to the scoundrel’s sauciness,
There’s no way out, there’s no way out

We can only change this country with plenty of love
Only God’s love can make our people truly happy
We, his children, must unite our hands
In the name of justice, through deeds of justice.
She who knows God cannot hear this and be silent,
She has to be a prophet and raise his banner high
To transform the world is a matter of commitment
It’s all of that and so much more…

While Sunday is still our sacred day
And in the name of God we overlook the wounded,
While sin is just a sin,
Lived out, felt by, embedded within, sneaked in and thought out

While some sing and dance with their eyes closed
There’s people dying of hunger everywhere
The “God” one sings about not always is the God one lives out,
Because God reveals himself, gets involved, resolves and revives
There’s no way out, there’s no way out
There’s no way out, there’s no way out

Theme music provide by Kinley Lange

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