b. Austin, Texas, USA. This CCM singer-songwriter joined a number of other praise and worship artists who breached the US mainstream in the new millennium. A native of East Texas, Tomlin grew up listening to country music and learning to play guitar …

The light and passionate sounds of Matt Redman are even more endearing when you know that he writes his own material something that few pop artists really do Taking the CCM market by surprise with The Friendship the Fear in 1998 he revealed himself …

Christian pop group Casting Crowns began as a student worship band in Daytona Beach FL in 1999 Led by singer songwriter and youth pastor Mark Hall the group initially included guitarists Juan DeVevo and Hector Cervantes and violinist Melodee DeVevo T…

This Marietta, Georgia, USA-based Christian rock band was formed in the early 90s by Mac Powell (vocals) and Mark Lee (guitar). The line-up was completed by Tai Anderson (bass), David Carr (drums), and Brad Avery (guitar), and the newly formed quinte…

This praise and worship band was formed in 1994 in Oklahoma City, USA, by Bart Millard (b. 1972, Greenville, Texas, USA; vocals), James Bryson (b. 1968, Clinton, Missouri, USA; keyboards), and Michael Scheuchzer (b. 1975, Bartow, Florida, USA; guitar…

This Nashville, Texas, USA-based Christian band (though many of the members are from Australia) originally comprised John James (vocals), Peter Furler (drums), Jody Davis (guitar), Phil Joel (bass), and Jeff Frankenstein (keyboards). They built a str…

The Hillsong Church in Sydney Australia is a congregation 17000-plus members strong After two decades under senior pastors Brian and Bobbi Houstons supervision Hillsong branched into the gospel music industry with For All Youve Done a live performanc…

Originally known simply as Tree Tree63 is an alternative CCM group from Durban South Africa influenced by bands like delirious and Sonicflood with dashes of U2 Jars of Clay and early dc Talk for good measure Guitaristlead vocalist John Ellis bassist …

Kutless is a Christian alternative band specializing in melodic hard rock The group released its self-titled debut on BEC recordings in 2002 The group which consists of James Mead guitar Stu bass Kyle Mitchell drums Ryan Shrout guitar and Jon-Micah S…

Even if he never played a note of music, Michael W. Smith would be an impressive figure. He's organized many ministries and youth organizations, and even started his own Acts Church, which is named for this rennaisance man's record label, Rocket Tow…

The UK's leading Christian rock act started out as a worship band in Littlehampton, West Sussex. Martin Smith (guitar/vocals), Stewart "Stew" Smith (drums) and Tim Jupp (keyboards) inaugurated the Cutting Edge in 1992 to play at a monthly youth club …

This singer first began his interest in music after being introduced to The Beatles at an impressionable age Growing up in a French Catholic family Baloche learned how to play guitar during his junior high school years After high school he performed …

Blending Christian humor with their trademark vocal harmony Phillips Craig Dean debuted with 1995s Trust followed by a 1996 Christmas album featuring the Christ Church Choir and the Nashville String Machine Where Strength Begins appeared in 1997 fol…