Jimmy and Carol Owens
Jimmy and Carol are among the pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music and the modern worship movement. They are Grammy and Dove nominated composers of some 250 published and recorded songs, including 12 musicals. They have taught songwriting for over 25 years. As founders of School of Music Ministries International, Jimmy and Carol, with their teams of artist/teachers, have strengthened both the technical skills and spiritual foundations of thousands of musicians, worship leaders and songwriters around the world.
Before specializing with Carol in songwriting and teaching, Jimmy was a church minister of music and an arranger/conductor for two TV series and many albums on most major Christian labels.
Their award-winning Come Together was the first of the large arena Praise and Worship musicals. A 2000 article in a leading British Christian magazine was subtitled “How One Musical Changed the Way We Worship.” Come Together and their prayer musical, If My People, have been widely embraced by the church in many nations. Their Heal Our Land has been performed in many city-wide events.
The Owens’s dramatic musicals, such as Show Me!, The Glory of Christmas and The Witness have brought thousands to faith in Christ, and their children’s musicals (Ants’hillvania and others) have taught God’s ways to multitudes of enthusiastic kids. Their worship songs, such as “Freely, Freely” and “Holy, Holy” are in many modern hymnals and are used worldwide.
Jimmy and Carol live in Southern California, near the families of their children. Jamie Owens Collins is a recording artist, songwriter and speaker, known for her widely used songs, such as “The Battle Belongs to the Lord,” “You Have Broken the Chains” and “The Victor.” Her husband, Dan Collins, is a record producer, publisher and head of NewPort Records. Buddy Owens is an author and serves as Pastor of Spiritual Growth with Rick Warren at Saddleback Church.
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