ily, Teddy Huffam and The Gems, The Spencers, The Crabb Family, The Paynes, Charles Johnson and The Revivers, Singing Cookes, Elvis, Johnny Cash and Carman.” Just to name a few! David recorded his first song at the young age of eight.
In 2005, Sonya, Matt’s wife, joined the group. Sonya says, “I started piano lessons at age four due to my interest in a piano we were storing at our house for our pastor’s wife. I began singing and playing in church shortly thereafter. I started singing full time with a group based out of my home state of Maine at age 15. We were booked for a concert with the Browders in Tennessee around the year 2000, and our families became friends. Matt and I married five years later.” Each member of The Browders is an integral part of the group’s function. Off stage, Matt takes care of the group’s bookings and radio promotion, oversees recordings, and handles public relations. On stage, he sings lead and harmony, plays the rhythm guitar, and even helps take care of sound! Matt also writes many songs for the group and preaches. His brother David is the group’s primary bus driver, also maintaining and caring for the bus. He designs t-shirts for The Browders as well. David also writes many of the family’s songs. He sings lead and harmony vocals and plays bass on stage. Sonya is in charge of office administration for the ministry, sings lead and harmony vocals, writes songs, and plays piano for the group. She is the band and vocal director for The Browders. Tommy is the founder of The Browder ministry. He sings lead, harmony, plays guitar and acoustic lead, preaches, writes, and assists
with bus maintenance. And, as Matt puts it, “Well, he is ‘THE BOSS!’”
One thing that has set The Browders’ ministry apart from others is the amount of award winning songwriting that each member contributes. “We write a variety of styles of music,” says Matt. “It is original and diverse. Our songs are written from true-life experiences. You learn to really believe through your life’s experiences. God gives you faith to believe in Him, and everything about Him. When you really believe what you are singing about, then your audience believes. It touches my heart to see the audience receive and be blessed by God. That makes the difference! Growing up and seeing my dad write songs gave me the desire to write. Dad was a great influence. At the age of 13, he
so graciously included me in writing a song and I was inspired. Dad was my first mentor! The Bible says, ‘Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you