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Joel Houston

Short Name: Joel Houston
Full Name: Houston, Joel, 1979-
Birth Year: 1979

Joel Houston is a song writer and worship leader. He is part of the worship band Hillsong United, which originated at Hillsong Church, a megachurch based in Sydney, Australia. Houston lives in New York is currently the lead pastor at Hillsong NYC.

Dianne Shapiro, from http://hillsong.com/contributor/joel-houston/ accessed 3/7/17

Wikipedia Biography

Joel Timothy Houston (born 19 September 1979) is an Australian musician, songwriter, pastor, and leader in the Sydney-based band Hillsong United, a worship band of Hillsong Church. He was co-pastor at Hillsong NYC between 2010 and 2017. He is the head of the Christian worship band Hillsong United, for which he sings, plays guitar, and writes songs. In 2008, he became the creative director at Hillsong Church. He is the oldest son of the church's Founding Pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of Frank Houston. He has two siblings. Houston was also the bass player for the band Able, which was composed of Marty Sampson, Michael Guy Chislett and Luke Munns, which won the Channel V Leg Up competition in 2001.
Wikipedia Biography

TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Joel Houston (11)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A thousand time I've failedJoel Houston (Author)English5
All those piecesJoel Houston (Author)English5
God of creation, There at the startJoel Houston (Author)English3
Mi alma estaba, rota y heridaJoel Houston (Author)Spanish1
People come togetherJoel Houston (Author)English3
Qué decir SeñorJoel Houston (Author)1
Salvation, Tearing through the dead of nightJoel Houston (Author)English1
There's a grace when the heart is under fireJoel Houston (Author)English3
What to say LordJoel Houston (Author)English1
You call me out upon the watersJoel Houston (Author)English10
You stood before creationJoel Houston (Author)English5

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