Meet The Guys

Barry sings the lead part for the quartet. Barry is originally from Pigeon, Michigan, but resides now in Mechanicsburg, Ohio where he works for Choice Books – a inspirational book distributor.  In October of this year, Barry was ordained as a Pastor in the Mennonite church. “I feel a strong calling to reach as many people as I can for the cause of Christ”. He has been with the Calvarymen since December of 1993. Barry has been singing southern gospel music since 1987 with several different groups including the Crestmen from Mt. Crawford, Virginia, and Gospel Echoes Prison Ministry, from Goshen, Indiana. With the Gospel Echoes Barry traveled all over the US and Canada singing and ministering in prisons and churches.

Steve sings baritone for the Calvarymen. He lives in Davison, Michigan, with his wife, Ranee, and their four children: Alicia, Eric, Jason, and Sarah. They attend the Davison Missionary Church. Steve is employed by General Motors and enjoys boating with his family and playing tennis. At the age of ten, Steve began playing the piano and organ. He began singing in school, and in church musicals as a teenager. His first group singing experience in church was an eight piece group, the “Eleutheros.” He still sings occasionally with a few of these group members. From solos, to quartets, to choirs, Steve has always been involved in some type of Christian music ministry. His latest endeavor involved composing music, singing, and playing keyboard for the Christian jazz group, Company C.

James Bruney may be new to southern gospel, but he is definitely not new to singing for the Lord. Growing up in Davison Michigan he began singing in church at a very young age. In those younger years after singing in church one Sunday night he proclaimed to his parents that, “he would never sing again in front of people” because the fear of everyone looking at him. Oh how wrong he was. Over the years he has performed many styles of music from opera to contemporary. He attended Bethel College where he was a featured soloist and was a member of the men’s gospel team Freedom. He also has a great love for theatre, performing in 34 shows (6 of them being professional) over the years. Also from time to time you may see him as a speaker or doing a solo concert. Now residing in Angola, IN his main desire is just let the lord use him however the Lord Chooses. “We all have a different gift to use that we have been blessed with” says James. “For whatever reason God gave me the gift to sing and it is up to me to do that to the best of my ability, every chance I get to praise Him and to bless others”.