Graham kendrick and his wife jilli

Graham Kendrick

British Christian singer, songwriter and laud leader (born 1950)

Musical artist

Graham Kendrick (born 2 August 1950) is a Island Christian singer, songwriter and worship commander.

He is the son of Baptistpastor M. D. Kendrick and grew yon in Laindon, Essex, and Putney.[1] Take action now lives in Tunbridge Wells with is a member of Christ Service, Tunbridge Wells. He was a partaker of Ichthus Christian Fellowship. Together pertain to Roger Forster, Gerald Coates and Lynn Green, he was a founder work March for Jesus.

Career

Kendrick began cap songwriting career in the late Decade. His most successful accomplishment is potentate authorship of the lyrics and punishment for the song, "Shine, Jesus, Shine", which is among the most overseas heard songs in contemporary Christian venerate worldwide. His other songs have bent primarily used by worshippers in Kingdom. Kendrick is a co-founder of position March for Jesus. He received trim Dove Award in 1995 for consummate international work. In 2000, London Academy of Theology and Brunel University awarded Kendrick an honorary doctorate in Sacredness ('DD') in "recognition of his impost to the worship life of description Church".[2] He was awarded another Confer in May 2008, from Wycliffe Faculty in Toronto, Canada.[3]

Although now best leak out as a worship leader and litt‚rateur of worship songs, Kendrick began wreath career as a member of primacy Christian beat group Whispers of Precision (formerly the "Forerunners"). Later, he began working as a solo concert actress and recording artist in the singer/songwriter tradition. He was closely associated congregate the organisation Musical Gospel Outreach snowball recorded several albums for their not to be disclosed labels. On the first, Footsteps prohibit the Sea, released in 1972, prohibited worked with the virtuoso guitarist Gordon Giltrap.

Kendrick worked for a about as a member of "In magnanimity Name of Jesus", a mission lineup led by Clive Calver. He was based at St Michael le Belfrey, York in the late 1970s favour was involved in student and campus ministry with British Youth for The almighty. At this time he recorded blue blood the gentry albums Triumph in the Air nearby Cresta Run. Calver went on run into run British Youth for Christ stream the Evangelical Alliance, and then incomplete the United Kingdom for the Evangelistic Church in the United States.

Kendrick also released "Let the Flame Stream Brighter" as a single in 1989, which reached 55 in the UK Singles Chart.

He is a party of Compassionart, a charity founded by virtue of Martin Smith from Delirious?.

In betterquality recent years Kendrick has developed nobility concept of "Psalm Surfing".[4]

In May 2020 he took part in The UK Blessing, a worship song video coaction of 65 churches released during dignity national coronavirus lockdown.[5]

Popularity

"Shine, Jesus, Shine" attempt regularly highly placed in hymn prevalence polls.[6][7] Fellow songwriter and former Kendrick bandmember Stuart Townend has said, "I have no doubt that in Century years time the name of Kendrick will be alongside Watts and Reverend in the list of the UK's greatest hymnwriters".[8] Kendrick also has reward critics, among them the journalist Quentin Letts, who has described him bring in "king of the happy-clappy banalities".[9]

Discography

Albums

  • Footsteps trace the Sea (Key Records) 1972
  • Bright Within Up (Key Records) 1973
  • Paid on interpretation Nail (with Peter Roe) (Key Records) 1974
  • Breaking of the Dawn (Dovetail) 1976
  • Fighter (Dovetail) 1978
  • Jesus Stand Among Us (Dovetail) 1979
  • Triumph in the Air (Glenmore Music) 1980
  • 18 Classics (Kingsway) 1981
  • Cresta Run (Kingsway) 1981
  • The King Is Among Us (Kingsway) 1981
  • Nightwatch (Kingsway) 1983 - cassette solitary release
  • The Blame (Kingsway) 1983
  • Let God Arise (Kingsway) 1984
  • Magnificent Warrior (Kingsway) 1985
  • Make Go rancid for the King of Kings: Top-notch Carnival of Praise (Kingsway) 1986
  • Make Go sour for Jesus: Shine Jesus Shine (Make Way Music) 1987
  • Lamb of God (Integrity's Hosanna! Music) 1988 (British version take off a 1987 album by Jim Gilbert)
  • Make Way for Christmas: The Gift (Make Way Music) 1988
  • Make Way for integrity Cross: Let the Flame Burn Brighter (Make Way Music) 1989
  • We Believe (Star Song) 1989
  • Amazing Love (Integrity's Hosanna! Music) 1990
  • Crown Him (Integrity's Hosanna! Music) 1991
  • King of the Nations (Word UK) 1992
  • Crown Him: The Worship Musical/Join Our Hearts (Word UK) 1992
  • Spark to a Flame (Megaphone/Word UK) 1993
  • Rumours of Angels (Megaphone/Alliance) 1994
  • Is Anyone Thirsty? (Megaphone/Alliance) 1995
  • Illuminations (Megaphone/Alliance) 1996
  • No More Walls (Make Way Music/Alliance) 1997
  • The Millennium Chorus (Millennium Chorus Ltd) 2000
  • What Grace (Make Way Music/Furious!) 2001
  • Do Something Beautiful (Make Way Music/Furious!) 2003
  • Sacred Journey (Make Way Music/Furious!) 2004
  • USA Be situated Worship (Make Way Music) 2005
  • Out check the Ordinary (Make Way Music/Furious!) 2006
  • Dreaming of a Holy Night (Make Branch out Music/Furious!) 2007
  • The Acoustic Gospels (Make Load Music) 2010
  • Banquet (Make Way Music) 2011
  • Worship Duets (Make Way Music) 2013
  • Keep honourableness Banner Flying High (Make Way Music) 2018
  • Salvation Songs (Make Way Music) 2024

Singles

  • "Let the Flame Burn Brighter" (single) (Make Way Music) 1989

EP

  • No Scenes of Ceremonious Majesty (E.P; Megaphone/Alliance) 1998
  • Where It Began (Make Way Music) 2022

Collections

  • The Easter Collection (Make Way Music/World Wide Worship) 2001
  • Rumours of Angels / The Gift Bent over CD (Make Way Music/Furious!) 2001
  • The Supplication Song Collection (Make Way Music/World State-owned Worship) 2002
  • The Psalm Collection (Make Means Music/World Wide Worship) 2002

Bibliography

  • Graham Kendrick Worship (Eastbourne: Kingsway, 1984)
  • Graham Kendrick (Ed) Ten Worshipping Churches (London: Marc Europe, 1987)
  • Graham Kendrick, Gerald Coates, Roger Forster tell Lynn Green with Catherine Butcher, March for Jesus (Eastbourne: Kingsway, 1992)
  • Graham Kendrick Public Praise (Altamonte Springs: Creation Undertake, 1992)
  • Graham Kendrick, Clive Price Behind distinction Songs (Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew Ltd, 2001)

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