"Ahkeem Darden is one of those rare individuals that has a high level of professionalism coupled with a great passion to serve God.
HE HAS A VERY SPECIAL ABILITY TO NOT ONLY LEAD A WORSHIP TEAM, BUT TO CULTIVATE THE BEST OUT OF THE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS THAT WORSHIP WITH HIM. HE IS ABLE TO IMPART AT THE DEEPEST LEVEL WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BOTH A WORSHIP LEADER AND A MUSIC MINISTER.
I highly recommend Ahkeem to any church and/or ministry that is looking to elevate their worship experience through training their worship leaders or their music ministry team."
Alex Schlussler, Pastor - Plantation Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Music Minister Ahkeem Dardenwas dynamic and he brought a true sense of holiness to our worship service. He knows and understands music in its many forms. He is a progressive music leader for the time we are living today.
I found him to be refreshing and delightful as a young man who is not moved with all thats being done to bring our music down to the level of just noise and excitement. But he really helped made what we experienced a service of sacred holy worship to the God that created our world.
I highly recommend him to anyone desiring to have a uplifting music service.
Elder Dennis J. WilliamsSr. - Mount Olivet Church, 649 NW 15th Way, Ft. Lauderdale, 33311
While attending worship in South FL. Worship met with worship leader, Ahkeem Darden who has a web site with great resources...
I am pleased to endorse Ahkeem's FIXMYWORSHIP workshop. His presentation was very engaging, rich with information, and yet not overwhelming. We didn't want him to leave. All in all, what I appreciate the most is how God used him to change how my leaders view praise and worship and its function.
Pastor Guibert Etienne
As his pastor, I have worked closely with Ahkeem Darden well over ten years. During this period of time, Ahkeem has risen to the professional level, through both experience and personal knowledge, as to the know how as to what it takes to turn a worship ministry team into a vibrant and invaluable spiritual movement for genuine worship.
He is a leader who not only understands the "the out-front" values platform persona that are needed but more importantly, the "behind-the-scenes" necessities so as to create ministry teams that can outlast and out-perform the ever present dangers of rivalry and personal ambition which often mitigates against long-term ministry success.
I highly recommend Ahkeem Darden as a coach and teacher/facilitator to anyone who wishes to transform their church's worship music experience to a quality experience.
"I wanted to provide my Praise Teams with training that would create a desire for excellence in serving The Lord, and an understanding of the importance of leading the congregation into an attitude of worship. Ahkeem gave me more than I expected; he gave me personal consultation;
He and his team ignited a revival within my entire music team; he provided both theory and a live demonstration of praise and adoration in our worship service.
I intend to have him come periodically for further training. If you want to revive your church's worship experience, I would definitely recommend Ahkeem."
Stephen Stewart, Senior Pastor - First Seventh-day Adventist Church of West Palm Beach FL.
Ahkeem Darden is one of those individuals that besides family responsibilities, career challenges and everyday-life hardships, he finds the time and and willingness to invests every effort to serve the Lord. Song leader, recording artist and Gospel preacher, you may have heard and seen Ahkeem Darden live in a concert, leading an audience in worship, or just met him in church as a brother in Christ.
I have collaborated musically and ministerially with Ahkeem since 2003 and during all these years he has never broken an engagement, unfulfilled a promise or compromised a goal. He is one of the most reliable persons I've worked with in my career. People that have Jesus in their lives will live and act in response to God's glory and will become rivers of blessings for others. I cannot thank God enough for allowing our paths to cross!
Ahkeem has been an empowering blessing and a true friend to my family and I. His ability to break cultural frontiers and to be transparent to any differences, adds so much more to his qualities as a worshiper. In every occasion, he has been a channel of divine blessings for our entire Romanian community. Music, faith, and love are universal languages indeed and worshiping with Ahkeem is truly a unique experience, a sample of how brotherly love should really be, a glimpse of Heaven.
He is passionate about serving God and I wholeheartedly recommend him to any church or individual that seeks support and training in their ministries. Ahkeem Darden is a very talented singer, an eloquent speaker, a man of faith, and an amazing father. I am honored to call him 'my lil brother'.
"I have known Ahkeem Darden for well over 3 years now and have found him to be a man of wonderful abilities, God given grace, and talent. I can vouch for his leadership to teach & guide others especially in the area of music, chorally & individually. I believe Ahkeem would be absolutely useful to God in the preaching ministry if the Lord so chooses.
HIS EFFECT ON MY MINISTRY AT MIAMI CENTRAL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE IS STILL IN THE HEARTS OF OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING HE BRINGS EACH TIME HE'S IN OUR PRESENCE.
I truly recommend him to all who would need what he can bring to their company or enterprise."
Sincerely yours,
Rev. Elder, Samuel D. Peterson, Senior Pastor - Miami Central Church of the Nazarene
To know the effectiveness of any event is to measure the aftermath. For instance, how effective was Jesus' 3 1/2 year ministry here on this earth. 2,000 years later the church still stands strong!
I measure the effectiveness of Ahkeem's seminar on worship by the transformation that occurred in my district. Ahkeem's ministry opened up a real dialogue about worship that has transformed my church.
Now we have a worship coordinator, a praise team ministering on a regular basis, we are more conscious of thematic worship, and we have changed our entire worship format to reflect vertical and horizontal worship.
That's what I call an effective seminar. It is a must and it will transform the way you worship!
Pastor Reuben Josephs