| abstract | - Abe Zacharias is a involved in and ministry in Canada. Abe Zacharias has been a Christian Country/Western and Gospel, singer/songwriter since 1973. During that time he has won numerous music awards and made many appearances both on stage and TV. These include the Children's Miracle Network in Nashville (started by Marie Osmond) and on the National Primetime Broadcasting TV Network in Midland, Texas. In 1993 he appeared on stage at the Grand Ole Opry. Abe has recorded 13 albums of which almost all are of original content. In 1997 he became a member of the Country Gospel Music Association and was nominated for the Silver Heart Award for Male Vocalist of the Year and won the titles for the Northwest Region of both the United States and Canada. In September of 1997 he went to Knoxville, TN and won the prestigious Golden Heart Award for Male Vocalist of the Year for the U.S. and Canada. 1998, 1999 and 2000 saw Abe walk away with the Silver Crown Award for both the U.S. and Canada. Recently he traveled to Nashville and was nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year at the Country Gospel Music Guild Convention held at the Stardust Theatre on Music City Drive in Nashville. In 2002, Abe met Canadian country super star Paul Brandt and discovered that Paul has been a fan of Abe's for years and told Abe that Abe's music has been a contributing factor in Paul going into the Country Music field. In October of that year Abe opened for Paul in Abe's home town which he cites as "a tremendous honor and privelege to open for Canada's most awarded country music artist"!
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