West Frankfort | Gospel group Sons of the Father has decided to call it a career. The trio is retiring after 28 years of performing in churches around the Midwest and South, and particularly in their home state of Illinois, where their tour bus is a familiar sight.
The father-son act performed their final concert together on Sunday, July 23, in front of nearly 200 people at their home church, Grace Baptist Fellowship in West Frankfort. Les Synder and his sons, Brent and Chris, have averaged 150 shows a year since they began performing in 1989.
Highlights of the trio’s career include performing at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference and the SBC Evangelism Conference, but they are best known for their concerts in churches and at local association events. They’ve performed at numerous IBSA events and will be missed by Southern Baptists in the state.