Stephen Christian | |
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_(6105957182)_cropped.jpg) Christian in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stephen Christian Arnold |
| Born | Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, pastor |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, keyboards, guitar |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Tooth & Nail Records |
| Member of | Anberlin, Anchor & Braille |
| Formerly of | SaGoh 24/7 |
Stephen Christian Arnold is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Anberlin, as well as the vocalist of his acoustic side-project Anchor & Braille. He and his bandmates started Anberlin in 2002, after the demise of their previous group, known as SaGoh 24/7. He is one of the main songwriters for Anberlin alongside Joseph Milligan, and with the band had released seven albums before their initial disbandment in 2014 and began working on an eighth album in 2020. Many of the albums in the Anberlin discography have peaked in the top ten on various Billboard charts.
He founded the non-profit and humanitarian-oriented band Faceless International, and is the founder of Wood Water Records, the home of Anchor & Braille. Christian wrote and self-published the memoir The Orphaned Anything's (2008). Christian also started the solo project Anchor & Braille in 2007, and their debut album Felt, produced by Aaron Marsh of Copeland, was released in 2009. Felt debuted at number 30 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[1] They released a second album, The Quiet Life, in 2012, with Christian again handling vocals and songwriting. A reviewer on Absolutepunk called The Quiet Life "a chaotic beauty of an album as well as [Christian's] most personal and eloquent effort to date."[2]
On October 30, 2018, Calvary Church of Clearwater, Florida announced that Christian will assume the role of director of worship and creative arts in January 2019, and on August 26, 2019, Christian announced that he would be the campus pastor for Grace Family Church's South Tampa Campus.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Heatfeltwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Anchor & Braille - The Quiet Life". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Stephen Christian on Instagram: "So excited to announce that I've taken a Pastoral role at @gfcflorida. Special thanks to Pastor Craig and the South Tampa community for the…"". Instagram. August 26, 2019. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2019.