Troy McIntosh

• Home Church: South Shore Baptist Church

• Joshua member since the idea for the grouped popped into my head

• Profession: Management at a major airline

• Spiritual Gift: Teaching

Explain how you came to know Christ.
For most of my life, I really thought I became saved when I was 11. However, I didn't know or believe that Jesus was God in the flesh (and therefore was not saved). When I came to know that Jesus was God, I was around 22 years old — it was shortly after I began attending South Shore Baptist Church.

I was scared and shocked when I realized that for all those years I was not saved — in college I led a gospel choir, studied the bible, and told a lot of people about Jesus, but the Holy Spirit had never revealed to me that Jesus was God. I am so thankful that Jesus brought me to Himself to really know who He is . . . "Unless you believe that I AM, you will die in your sins" . . . "You believe in God, believe also in ME."

What are your musical influences?
Musically I have always been a Stevie Wonder fan — I can probably recite most songs ever recorded by Stevie. However, in actuality, I hardly ever listen to non-Christian music anymore. It tends to bore me. My gospel music influences include Fred Hammond and Kirk Franklin. Currently in my CD players around the crib and in the car are Lisa McClendon, Ty Tribbett and GA, Richard Smallwood, Israel, and Nichole Nordeman.

What books of the Bible have most influenced you?
This is a weird question because the bible is so interrelated. Ummmm, I'll say Jeremiah, Psalms, Genesis, Ecclesiates, I and II Samuel, Isaiah, each of the Gospels (I could read about Jesus ALL the time!), I John . . . okay, I don't like this question anymore. I really can find so much to love in the scriptures.

What has your experience with Joshua Jeneration been like?
I love working with this group. They have become a part of me . . . Joshua has become like an extended church cell. When we rehearse and share with one another, I really mean it when I say I consider the members of the group like family. I think we have been through a lot together privately — to the point we can be honest with one another when someone is slipping in his or her walk or doing something that is unChristlike.

Recent Projects and Collaborations from Troy McIntosh

• “Exalted Praise” featured on WOW Gospel 2004 (Verity Records, January 24, 2004)

•  “Lift Those Hands” by Troy McIntosh on CD and DVD  Diary of a Psalmist, Marvin Sapp (Produced by Kevin Bond) “Lift Those Hands”  July 1, 2003. Verity Records

• “Exalted Praise” by Troy McIntosh on the CD and DVD projects,  “CeCe Winans Presents the Born Again Church Choir” CW PureSpring Gospel (Produced by Cedric and Victor Caldwell). Autumn 2003

• “Exalted Praise” and “Truly Worship You” by Troy McIntosh on the upcoming independent Release “Exalted Praise”,  Ron Bishop and Judah First, September 10, 2005.

• The Christ Campaign, Troy McIntosh and Joshua Jeneration.  February, 1 2005. Christosynthesis Records.

 Awards

• Academy of Gospel Music Arts, International Finals, 1^st place Division Winner, Urban Gospel Song of 2001. 

• Gospel Music Association 27^th Annual Seminar in the Rockies 2001 1^st Place Division Winner, Urban Gospel Song.

Publications

• Gospelflava.com Song in Word Series “One Thing - David’s Desire” (Marvin Sapp's "One Thing") – December 2003

• Gospelflava.com Song in Word Series “Worship of a Holy God” (Lisa McClendon's "You Are Holy") – March 2004

• Gospelflava.com Song in Word Series, “Forging A Friendship” (Israel and New Breed's performance of "Friend of God") – January 2005