Meet Psalmist Rhonda Aiden

Rhonda La Verne Aiden was born in Louisville KY, to the late Alice Edwards Aiden and Willard Lee Aiden.At the age of 6, Rhonda sang her first solo debut at The Baptist Children’s Home of V.A .Rhonda developed a love for gospel and inspirational music, nurtured by her aunt Apostle Francine Cole, who has her own ministry, Bible Covenant Believers In Christ Deliverance Ministries, located in Petersburg, Va. Her aunt adopted Rhonda and cared for her as though she was her own child. At the age of 12, Rhonda and three of her cousins formed a group called The Precious Jewels. 

As Rhonda became older, she developed an acute awareness of her relationship with God, and after being accepted into Shaw University located in Raleigh N.C. She joined Word of God Fellowship Church, now International Ministries, under the auspices of Bishop Frank and JoNell Summerfield, also in Raleigh, N.C. focusing on singing with the choir and praise and worship team. During that time, she was able to meet famous gospel icons such as Vickie Winans, Fred Hammond, and Yolanda Adams, to name a few. In 2005, Rhonda wrote her first single “This Time” with Stacy Tyler on the instrumental, recorded at Footsteps Gospel, located in Richmond Va. Today this single is being revised and the entire project will be released later this year. As mother of three, and grandmother of four, life has not always been easy for this woman of purpose.

With a casting role and song in the hit stage play “The Whole House,” written and directed by Roy Dunkins out of North Carolina, and a cd project releasing soon, this young lady is sure to win souls to Christ through her gifts and talents.

“I have been writing poetry all of my life, but did not realize they were actually lyrics I could put to songs.