LACKLAND BAPTIST CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO HOSTS THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME
CONCERT FEATURING THE INCOMPARABLE STEVE GREEN.BIOGRAPHY
THE SON OF MISSIONARY PARENTS, STEVE WAS RAISED IN SOUTH AMERICA.
“MY INITIAL RECOGNITION OF NEED FOR CHRIST WAS AT AGE 8 WHILE
ATTENDING A BOARDING SCHOOL IN ARGENTINA. ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, I
KNELT BY MY BED AND PRAYED, TRUSTING JESUS AS MY SAVIOR. HOWEVER, THAT
WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A GRACE-FILLED JOURNEY. TODAY THE GOSPEL IS
MORE PRECIOUS TO ME THAN EVER. I REALIZE THAT GOD’S GRIP ON ME FAR
SURPASSES MY ABILITY TO HOLD ON TO HIM.”
AS STEVE CELEBRATES 36 YEARS IN THE CHRISTIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY, HE
FONDLY REMEMBERS HIS FLEDGLING BEGINNING IN 1984 WHEN STEVE GREEN
MINISTRIES WAS ESTABLISHED.
AFTER TWO YEARS IN COLLEGE, TWO YEARS WITH THE GROUP TRUTH, AND FIVE
YEARS WITH THE GAITHERS, THE DOOR OPENED FOR STEVE TO MAKE HIS FIRST
RECORDING WITH SPARROW RECORDS. FOLLOWING A SIGNIFICANT SPIRITUAL
AWAKENING, STEVE AND MARIJEAN BEGAN RESPONDING TO INVITATIONS FROM
CHURCHES ALL OVER AMERICA. “LOOKING BACK ON IT,” STEVE RECALLS,
“I’M AMAZED AT GOD’S PATIENCE AND CONDESCENDING LOVE. IN MY CASE
IT IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT GOD DELIGHTS IN CHOOSING THE LEAST LIKELY.
IN MY EARLY YEARS I WAS FULL OF ZEAL AND DETERMINED TO GET IT ALL
RIGHT, BUT BLIND TO MUCH SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PHARISAICAL PRIDE.
THANK GOD FOR HIS CONTINUING MERCY!”
STEVE PRAYS FOR THE KIND OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH THAT J. C. RYLE
DESCRIBES. “WHEN I SPEAK OF A MAN GROWING IN GRACE, I MEAN SIMPLY
THIS – THAT HIS SENSE OF SIN IS BECOMING DEEPER, HIS FAITH STRONGER,
HIS HOPE BRIGHTER, HIS LOVE MORE EXTENSIVE, HIS SPIRITUAL MINDEDNESS
MORE MARKED.”
THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF MINISTRY, STEVE HAS BEEN HONORED WITH 4 GRAMMY
NOMINATIONS, 18 NO. 1 SONGS, 7 DOVE AWARDS, AND HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO
THE GOSPEL MUSIC ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME. WITH OVER 40 RECORDINGS TO
HIS CREDIT, INCLUDING CHILDREN’S PROJECTS AND SPANISH-LANGUAGE
ALBUMS, GREEN HAS SOLD OVER 3 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE.
STEVE AND MARIJEAN CELEBRATE 41 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. SUMMER AND MARK
SCHULZ, ALONG WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN, ADDY, AVA AND BRICE, LIVE IN
ATLANTA. JOSIAH AND JAMIE-LEE GREEN, ALONG WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS,
GEORGIA AND SKYLAR, LIVE IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WHERE JOSIAH IS THE
WORSHIP AND ARTS DIRECTOR AT CHESTERFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
“THIRTY-SIX YEARS IS A SIGNIFICANT STRETCH OF TIME,” STEVE MUSES.
“I’VE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE GOSPEL IN ALMOST 50 COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD, AND AS GOD GIVES GRACE AND STRENGTH, I LOOK FORWARD
TO MANY YEARS TO COME. THERE ARE MORE SONGS TO BE WRITTEN, MORE PEOPLE
WHO NEED TO HEAR THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF OUR LORD, AND MORE COMMUNITIES
THAT NEED TO BE REDEEMED FOR GOD’S GLORY.”
STEVE KNOWS THAT GOD’S GRACE IS MOST CLEARLY SEEN AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF HIS OWN FOOLISHNESS, SIN AND SHAME. WHILE HE LABORED MOST
HIS LIFE TO HAVE AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD, HE NOW CONFESSES HIS NEED FOR
THE PERFECT RECORD OF ANOTHER. “THAT’S WHY I DESPERATELY NEED
JESUS,” STEVE SAYS. “IN THE END IT WILL BE CLEAR THAT HE ALONE IS
THE HERO OF NOT ONLY MY STORY, BUT OF ALL OUR STORIES."
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