Josh Baldwin

Josh Baldwin
Background information
Birth nameJoshua Aaron Baldwin
Born (1979-07-08) July 8, 1979 (age 45)
Albemarle, North Carolina, U.S.
OriginCharlotte, North Carolina
Genres
Occupations
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • drums
Years active2008–present
Labels
Member of
Websitehttps://joshbaldwin.com

Josh Baldwin is an American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor. A member of the Bethel Music collective,[1] Baldwin also serves as a worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California.[2]

Josh Baldwin started serving as a worship leader at MorningStar Fellowship Church after attending the ministry school there. He independently released Changing, his first album, in 2008. In 2010, Baldwin then joined Queen City Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving as worship pastor. Baldwin released Rivers in 2014, earning him his first Billboard chart appearance with a placement on the US Heatseekers Albums.

Josh Baldwin signed with Bethel Music in 2014, and moved to Redding, California to join Bethel Church. Baldwin made his first feature on a Bethel Music collective release, Have It All (2016), with the song "Praises (Be Lifted Up)". Baldwin then released The War Is Over, his first solo effort with the label in mid-2017 to critical acclaim and the album debuted in the top-three sector of the American and British Christian music charts.

Bethel Music and Josh Baldwin released the song "Stand in Your Love" in 2018, as the lead single to Victory (2019). The song reached the top ten of the US Christian Songs chart, Baldwin's first entry on the chart. It also garnered Baldwin's first nominations for the 2019 K-Love Fan Awards in the Breakout Single of the Year and Worship Song of the Year categories.[3]

  1. ^ Ong, Czarina (April 21, 2015). "Bethel Music introduces new artist Josh Baldwin | Christian News on Christian Today". Christian Today. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Josh Baldwin - Bethel Music". Bethel Music. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Longs, Herb (May 13, 2019). "Casting Crowns, Danny Gokey, for KING & COUNTRY & Lauren Daigle Lead K-LOVE Fan Awards Nominations". The Christian Beat. Retrieved May 23, 2019.