{"id":380663,"date":"2026-07-21T07:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380663\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:44:07","slug":"east-texas-tonight-billy-bob-dempsey-dedicated-to-music-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380663\/","title":{"rendered":"East Texas Tonight: Billy Bob Dempsey dedicated to music, ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">EAST TEXAS (KLTV) &#8211; Tonight on East Texas Tonight, we\u2019re introducing you to a man whose life has been dedicated to music, ministry, and serving others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For years, Billy Bob Dempsey has led the instrumental music ministry at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, helping musicians of all ages use their talents to worship and inspire others. Whether directing an orchestra, mentoring young musicians, or organizing special performances throughout East Texas, his passion for music has touched countless lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Tonight, we\u2019ll learn more about the man behind the baton, his love for ministry, and what keeps him inspired after so many years.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KLTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EAST TEXAS (KLTV) &#8211; Tonight on East Texas Tonight, we\u2019re introducing you to a man whose life has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[134513,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-380663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-green-acres-baptist-church","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}