About the Author

John Allen T. Bankson

Rev. Bankson has been involved with leading and teaching about church music and worship for over twenty years. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Rev. Bankson received a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice from Samford University, a Master of Divinity degree from Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson, MS), and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS). Rev. Bankson was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 1996 and has served in churches of that denomination as a Director of Music and Worship and as a Minister of Christian Education. He has also served as a supply pastor and as a section leader/soloist in churches of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is currently the pastor of a PCA church. Rev. Bankson is the author of many articles on worship, church music, music education, hymnology, and biblical studies that have appeared in such publications as the PCA Messenger, Tabletalk, Reformation and Revival Journal, and his own magazine, Rediscovering Worship. He is also the host of a radio series and podcast entitled Worship 101. Rev. Bankson and his wife are the proud parents of six children.