Brian Johnson (Bethel Music singer)
Brian Mark Johnson (born March 17, 1978) is an American contemporary worship musician and worship pastor. He is the president and co-founder of Bethel Music,[2] as well as a member of its Artist Collective and is one-half of the husband-and-wife worship duo, Brian & Jenn Johnson.[3][4] He is also a senior worship pastor at Bethel Church in Redding, California, and a Senior Overseer of WorshipU,[4] an online school of worship under Bethel Music which he co-founded with Jenn Johnson.[5]
Brian Johnson
American
- Senior worship pastor at Bethel Church
- president of Bethel Music
- senior overseer of WorshipU
5
- Bill Johnson (father)
- Brenda Johnson (mother)
- Eric Johnson (brother)
- Leah Valenzuela (sister)
- Singer
- songwriter
- record producer
- musician
- worship pastor
Vocals, guitar
2001–present
As a solo musician, Johnson has released one album, Love Came Down - Live Acoustic Worship in the Studio (2010). As a part of Brian & Jenn Johnson, three live albums have been released: Undone (2001), We Believe (2006), the duo's first release to chart on Billboard's Christian Albums chart, and Where You Go I Go (2008). The duo has also released one studio album, After All These Years (2017), which charted on the US Billboard 200. As a founding member of Bethel Music, Johnson has been featured on most Bethel Music releases. As a songwriter, Johnson has co-written CCLI Top 100 Chart ranking songs such as "Love Came Down", "No Longer Slaves", "Forever", and "One Thing Remains".[5][6] Johnson has also worked as a producer of multiple Bethel Music, Jesus Culture, and Brian & Jenn Johnson releases, alongside various producers such as Jeremy Edwardson and Ian McIntosh.
Early life[edit]
Brian Mark Johnson was born on March 17, 1978, to Bill Johnson and Brenda "Beni" Johnson in Redding, California. In the year of his birth, the Johnson family moved to Weaverville, California, after Bethel Church, under the leadership of his grandfather, Earl Johnson, sent his father to pastor Mountain Chapel.[7] He completed his high school education at Trinity High School in Weaverville. After seventeen years, the Johnsons moved back to Redding in 1996 when Bill and Beni Johnson assumed leadership of Bethel Church.[7]
Johnson has two siblings: an older brother, Eric Johnson, who is a pastor at Bethel Church, and a younger sister, Leah Valenzuela (née Johnson), who is also a member of the Bethel Music collective and one of the worship leaders at Bethel Church.