Brenton Brown

Brenton Brown Born In South Africa Is A Christian Songwriter And Worship Leader. He Left South Africa For Oxford England In His Early Twenties On A Rhodes Scholarship. While Studying Politics Philosophy And Theology He Joined The Vineyard Music UK Serving As Worship Pastor At The Oxford Vineyard UK And Eventually As Coordinator Of The Vineyard UK Worship Development Team. His Songs "Lord Reign In Me " "All Who Are Thirsty " "Humble King " "Hallelujah Your Love Is Amazing " And "Holy" Were Recorded On The Popular Vineyard UK Projects During This Time. He Has Since Left The UK And Now Lives In Malibu California With His Wife Jude. Brenton Is An Artist On The Worship Label Survivor And In 2006 Released His First Solo Album Everlasting God With Survivor In The UK And Rest Of The World And With Sparrow In The United States And Canada. The Title Track - "Everlasting God" - Has Gained A Lot Of Popularity Within The World Of Worship Music. The Song Received An Award At The ASCAP Awards Ceremony In London On 15th October 2008. The Song Written By Brenton Brown And Ken Riley Was Honoured As One Of The Most Performed Songs In The USA During 2007 Across All Genres. This Is The First Time That A Christian Song Has Been Recognized At This Major Music Awards Ceremony. "Everlasting God" Has Been Recorded By Other Artists Including Lincoln Brewster And Most Notably By Chris Tomlin On His 2006 Album See The Morning. Brenton Has Appeared On Numerous Live And Compilation Albums Including Events Such As Hope 2008 And Mission Worship. He Released His Second Solo Album Because Of Your Love In 2008.Contents Hide 1 Discography 1.1 Vineyard Music Albums
1.2 Solo Albums
2 External Links Edit Discography Edit Vineyard Music Albums
Come Now Is The Time 1998 Hungry 1999 Surrender 2000 I Love Your Presence 2001 Humble King 2002 Songs 4 Worship The UK Collection 2003 Lord Reign In Me 2003 Turn It All Down 2006 Holy 2006 Edit Solo Albums
"Everlasting God" 2006 "Because Of Your Love" 2008 The Short Story 73 Born Port Elizabeth South Africa 75 Learnt To Swim 78 Moved To Cape Town 87 Learnt Guitar Boogie 91 Fell Off My First Shortboard 92 Woken From The Dead 96 Stopped Writing Long Essays Left Sa For A 9 Year Winter 99 Stopped Writing Short Essays 03 Fell Ill With Cfs And Fell In Love With Jude 05 Moved To Malibu 06 Released My First Solo Project And Made My Dad Very Very Happy 2008 Released 'because Of Your Love' The Long Story Like Most People Brenton's Story Has Interesting And Boring Parts To It. Here Are Some Of The Interesting Parts. He Grew Up In Cape Town South Africa. Studied In Oxford England. And Now Lives In Malibu California. He First Came To The Attention Of The Wider Church As One Of The Young Worship Leaders On The First Vineyard UK Recordings Come Now Is The Time And Hungry. His Songs Lord Reign In Me All Who Are Thirsty And Humble King Joined Songs Like Come Now Is The Time Be The Centre And Hungry. It Wasn't A Bad Start To A Recording Career! But Though These Were His First Recordings As A Solo Artist Brenton Had Been Leading Worship In His Home Town In South Africa For A Number Of Years. 'The Lord Got A Hold Of Me While I Was Studying Politics And Law In Cape Town. After Being Confronted By The Power Of The Gospel At A Bible Study I Threw My Lot In With A Vibrant Multicultural Church On Campus While I Continued To Study Politics And Law At University'. Growing Up During The Demise Of Apartheid Made Questions Of Social Justice An Obvious Academic Choice For Brown. His Studies Went Well And 4 Years Later He Was On His Way To Oxford University As A Rhodes Scholar. It Was Here He Would Encounter The Vineyard Movement And A Style Of Worship That Would Affect Churches Across The Nations. It Was Also Here That He Would Participate In The Recordings Spear-Headed By Brian Doerksen. After Finishing His Studies In Politics Philosophy And Theology At Oxford University - And His Recordings With Brian Doerksen Brenton Began Work As The Worship Pastor For The Local Vineyard Church In Oxford Accepting A Worship Leadership Role For The Vineyard Movement In The UK As Well. Three Records Followed In As Many Years Surrender Which Included The Doerksen Co-Write Your Love Is Amazing Holy And Doing The Stuff Released As In The US . Brown's Future With The Vineyard Movement In The UK Seemed Assured And Laid Out Before Him. But Life Took A Dramatic Turn. Brown Fell Ill With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Was Forced To Leave His Position As Worship Pastor And Take A Sabbatical In His South African Home Town. It Was There That He Married Jude - Also Ill With CFS. Faced With The Career Limitations His Illness Imposed On Him The Decision To Record A Solo Project With Survivor Records Seemed A Wise One. Two Years Later Everlasting God Was Released With Survivor And With Sparrow In The States. The Co-Writes Hosanna Praise Is Rising And Everlasting God Seemed To Strike A Chord With The Church. Following A Ministry Trip That A Team From The Malibu Vineyard Had Made To Cape Town Many Years Before Brenton Had Visited California Off And On Ever Since. Realizing That A Change In Pace And Lifestyle Might Assist Their Recovery In 2005 The Browns Reluctantly Left London And Their Home Church Of Holy Trinity Brompton For California. Since Then They Have Been Welcomed Into The Horizon Family Of Churches And Have Travelled Across The States And Beyond Leading Worship In Churches As Far Afield As Sweden And Korea. 2008 Saw The Arrival Of A Baby Daughter Called Bella And Brenton's Second Solo Project 'Because Of Your Love'. Brenton Has Been Lucky Enough To Have His Songs Recorded By Chris Tomlin And Lincoln Brewster. He Has 5 Songs In CCLI's Top 100. Www.Strikefile.Com/myspace read less