Rev Andy Kelso, 71, trained as an actor and was then a vicar for 25 years and a sports chaplain, before feeling like God had called him to be Elvis impersonator, but he has now decided that too must end.
He has been going around churches performing since 2011, trying to attract people who wouldn’t normally go into a church.
Speaking on Premier’s News Hour, Rev Kelso said: “I retired from vicaring in 2009 and I was chaplain to was the Warriors Rugby Club but we moved out to the countryside and every day I would walk the dogs in the woods and fields and pray ‘Lord, is there anything else you want me to do? Please make it clear’ and I prayed for 15 months for the same prayer. Nothing. Until one day, God just spoke to my heart. I couldn’t believe it. He just said ‘Take Elvis to the churches’. I went ‘what?!'”
Rev Kelso explained how his act is distinctly Christian, saying: “Elvis was obviously he was a great singer but he loved his gospel music and I found that so many Elvis tribute acts don’t really touch on his gospel songs very much, if at all. So, I was going to make sure obviously, that I sang a lot of those.”
The church he left had a big stage and hosted his first concert in the winter of 2011, to which 250 people came, “I was absolutely petrified” he said.
He went on to sing at churches across the UK, enjoying the fact he was bringing something different to…
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