All-American football star and recording artist Terry Warren recently performed at the "88th Annual Singing on the Mountain," a popular day-long Christian music event at North Carolina's Grandfather Mountain. Warren was among a dozen entertainers in concert throughout the day with a special sermon delivered by Jerry Moore, head football coach at Appalachian State University and the coach with the most wins in Southern Conference history.

"This was my fourth year performing at 'Singing On The Mountain'" Warren says, adding he is always glad to see the veteran singers, including his friend George Hamilton IV. "This year, it was also great to reconnect with my dear friend, Coach Moore. He has an amazing testimony and has enjoyed tremendous success at Appalachian State University. It was a great weekend." Warren shared the music bill with Southern Gospel acts George Hamilton IV, Tim Greene and the Greenes Trio, Michael Combs, Tim & Robby Smith, Shirley Simpson, and Melody Trio. A number of bluegrass artists also performed, including the Cockman Family, Amantha Mill, Clay Lunsford & Wayne Henderson, and The Norton Family.

Moore, whose Appalachian State University football team at Boone, N.C., won three straight Division One national championships, is a popular speaker throughout the U.S., including many events sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

The day of music and fellowship, offered free of charge, is held annually at Grandfather Mountain's MacRae Meadows on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The event, founded in 1924, is the oldest ongoing Southern Gospel convention in the Southern Appalachians. Highlights through the years from the event have included preaching by Billy Graham and music from the likes of Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff and Arthur Smith.

For more information on Warren and his current CD, Amazing Love, visit terrywarrenministries.com. For more information about "Singing On The Mountain," visit grandfather.com.

Photo caption: Terry Warren, right, shared the stage at "Singing On the Mountain" with Coach Jerry Moore, left, who delivered the sermon at the day-long event. (McCain & Co. Public Relations photo)

About Terry Warren:
Sports fans remember Warren as an All-American linebacker with the Florida State University Seminoles. Warren was signed to play with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys until he broke his back on the field during training camp, an injury which ended his football career. But Warren proved he could make hits off the gridiron as well with success as a singer and actor. His musical credits include landing the lead role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables on Broadway, and his TV and movie credits include performing songs featured on the popular television show Evening Shade and movie roles alongside talents such as Burt Reynolds, Eriq La Salle, Michael Chiklis, Neil Patrick Harris and Peter Falk.

Warren, whose Amazing Love CD is currently in stores, is in demand as a singer and speaker in churches and through organizations such as The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Mercy Ministries and The Jason Foundation. In 2010, Warren founded Crossing the Goal Line Ministries to encourage those who make it almost to the goal line, but are discouraged due to setbacks or tragedy that keep them from getting into the end zone.

Amazing Love was recorded in Nashville with some of the industry's most sought-after session players, and mixed by Dove Award winning Christian music veteran David Zaffiro. Warren called on the formidable skills of Dove Award winner and Grammy nominee Joe Beck and Nashville bass guitar legend Duncan Mullins to produce the project. The result is an upbeat pop album that is both pleasing to the ear and exhilarating to the spirit.

The project is a follow-up to Warren's independently-released debut, Lifted Up By Angels. Amazing Love has yielded three No. 1 singles - "Revelation Song," "God, You're Beautiful" and "Happy Day" - on the NCM (New Christian Music) Euro Chart. A fourth single, "Just A Prayer Away," from Lifted Up By Angels, also claimed the NCM Euro Chart's top spot.

Warren's rendition of "Revelation Song" recently was featured in a video at the centerpiece of the Tennessee Baptist Convention's $2.4 million Hearts Awaken for Worship at Camp fundraising campaign.