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• Giglio v. United States, a U.S. Supreme Court criminal procedure case
• Isola del Giglio, an Italian island
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Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio in Tokyo, 2008
Born	(1958-06-30) June 30, 1958 (age 53)
Residence	Roswell, Georgia
Education	Georgia State University Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary—Master of Divinity Grace Theological Seminary—Doctor of Ministry
Occupation	Pastor, Passion City Church Speaker/Founder, Passion Movement Author
Home town	Atlanta, Georgia
Religion	Christian
Spouse	Shelley Giglio

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Louie Giglio (born 30 June 1958^[1][2]) is a pastor (Passion City Church, Atlanta), speaker and founder of the Passion Movement.

Biography[link]

Giglio graduated from Georgia State University and earned a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.^[3] Later he went to Grace Theological Seminary to pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree.^[4] After finishing seminary, Giglio and his wife Shelley began a weekly Bible study called Choice at Baylor University where he was doing graduate studies. After several years, over 10 percent of the Baylor student body was attending the weekly gathering and Giglio's heart for the significance of the "university moment" was set.^[5]

In 1995, the Giglios moved from their home in Waco, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia due to Louie's father's failing health.^[4]

In the same season (summer 1995), along with Bill Willits, Giglio was instrumental in starting 7|22, a weekly Bible study. Giglio ended his teaching/leading tenure with 7|22 in 2006 after 11 years.

Louie is the author of The Air I Breathe: Worship as a Way of Life and I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story Of God. As well, his talks "Indescribable" and "How Great Is Our God" have been viewed by churches and individuals around the world. The "Laminin" clip from his message "How Great Is Our God" has been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube alone.^[6]

Passion Conferences[link]

From its beginnings in 1995, the Passion Movement has hosted close to 1 million university students at events ranging from the first Passion Conference in Austin, TX (January '97) where 2,000 people attended to OneDay 2000 (a gathering of 40,000 students for prayer and worship outside Memphis, TN) to the 2008 17-city Passion World Tour.^[7] In between, Passion has hosted local campus events at the leading universities across the nation, as well as larger regional and national events in cities like Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C.

As a part of the Passion movement, Louie and Shelley also head up sixstepsrecords, a partnership with Sparrow Records. Distinctly spelled with a lower-case "s" and all one word, sixstepsrecords, the small label family is home to artists Chris Tomlin, The David Crowder*Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Kristian Stanfill, Christy Nockels and Passion.^[8]

In June, 2008, while speaking for his good friend Andy Stanley, it was announced that Giglio was planting a new church in Atlanta, Georgia. Chris Tomlin announced he was joining Giglio in Atlanta for the Passion City Church launch.^[9][10] Louie, and his wife Shelley, were members of North Point Community Church for 13 years until the founding of Passion City Church. Two years later, the church has built a home for PCC.

Along with Tomlin, Matt and Beth Redman and a small core team, Passion City Church officially gathered in Fall 2008. Passion City Church held its first service on February 15, 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia at The Tabernacle.^[11]

Passion Conferences most recently hosted Passion 2012 in Atlanta, GA, on January 2-5, 2012. Over 44,000 university students from around the United States and over 30 other countries attended, and more than 170,000 people from more than 130 countries watched part of the conference online. And as a collective whole took a stand for freedom and raised over 3,000,000 dollars to help end human slavery. </refhttp://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/01/05/cfp-clancy-do-something-now.cnn#/video/world/2012/01/05/cfp-clancy-do-something-now.cnn /ref>

Books written[link]

• Wired: For a Life of Worship (Multnomah, 2006).
• I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story of God (Multnomah, 2005).
• The Air I Breathe (Multnomah, 2003).

DVDs[link]

• Canvas (2002)
• Life Interrupted (2004)
• Prayer: A Remix (2004)
• Pursuing God (2004)
• Seeing God as a Perfect Father (2004)
• 2 Words That Change Everything (2004)
• Unthinkable (2005)
• History (2005)
• My Really Bad Date (2005)
• Indescribable (2005)
• Alive (2006)
• How Great Is Our God (2007)
• Passport (2008)
• Fruitcake and Ice Cream (2008)
• Big Picture God, Little Picture World
• Lost in Translation
• Hope: When Life Hurts Most

"The Twelve Words of Christmas"

DVDs are currently being re-released.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Passion City Church
• 268generation - Web site for Passion Conferences/Choice Ministries
• sixstepsrecords - Home of Chris Tomlin, David Crowder*Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Kristian Stanfill, and Christy Nockels.

Kristian Paul Stanfill (born April 9, 1983)^[2] is an American Christian rock singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. His 2011 album Mountains Move reached #64 on the Billboard 200.^[3] He is a worship leader involved with Passion Conferences and Passion City Church.

Early life[link]

Stanfill was born in Marietta, Georgia in 1983.^[4] At the age of 12 in 1996, he became inspired by a speaker at a summer camp to become a Christian.^[5] He began songwriting at an early age, after being inspired by The Eagles' song, "Hotel California".^[5] His other inspirations were Billy Joel and U2.^[5][6] After showing an interest in songwriting, Stanfill began playing guitar at the age of 13.^[7] Later at the age of 15, he began to lead worship in his Sunday school.^[4]

In 2002 Stanfill attended Samford University.^[8][5] It was here where he met his wife, Kerri. Around 2004 he also became a worship leader at North Point Community Church.^[5]

Musical career[link]

In 2005, Stanfill became involved with the Passion organization. He performed at the Passion Conference for the first time in 2005. Stanfill and several of his friends independently formed a band titled around Standfill in 2005.^[5][9] In 2006, Stanfill led worship at the Passion Conference.^[6] His recording of "Jesus Paid It All" was selected for inclusion on the album, Everything Glorious. In 2007 Stanfill and his band independently released the EP, Hello. By 2008, Stanfill became the first artist in eight years to be signed to sixstepsrecords.^[6] In October 2008 through November 2008, he and his band began work for their first studio record.^[10] A huge inspiration for the recording sessions were Stanfill's personal convictions. "Why is it that we Christians wait for pop-culture to do something groundbreaking so we can come up with a second rate copy that comes off as a second rate copy?...What if the world and pop-culture started looking in the church’s direction for what’s coming next?", he questioned with his followers on the band's blog.^[8] The album was completed by December 2008, and was released in April 2009 under the title, Attention.

Two years later in 2011, he released his sophomore album, Mountains Move. The album became the band's first to chart on the Billboard 200. The success of the album eventually led to the band being nominated for Best New Artist at the Dove Awards.

Personal life[link]

Prior to 2004, Stanfill married his university sweetheart.^[5] He resides in Cumming, Georgia with his wife Kerri, his son Issac, and his daughter Norah.^[5] Of his many musical inspirations, some include Death Cab For Cutie, Angels and Airwaves, Queen, Shiny Toy Guns, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and The Killers.^[11][12][13] When not leading worship or touring, Stanfill enjoys golf and baseball.^[14][15]

Discography[link]

• Hello (Independently released, 2007)^[16]
• Attention (sixstepsrecords, 2009)
• Mountains Move (sixstepsrecords, 2011)

Charts[link]

Albums - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

¹ Currently active on the charts

Accolades[link]

GMA Dove Awards[link]

• *Denotes a collaborative effort or a song contribution to a "Various artists" album.

References[link]

Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Dwayne Tomlin
Born	(1972-05-04) May 4, 1972 (age 40)
Origin	Grand Saline, Texas U.S.
Genres	Contemporary worship music, CCM
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, instrumentalist worship leader
Instruments	Guitar, piano
Years active	1998–present
Labels	sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records
Website	Official website

Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He was a staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well-known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Jesus Messiah", "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)", and the recent song "Our God" which he co-wrote with Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves and Jonas Myrin. He is currently a worship leader at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia with Louie Giglio and Christy Nockels.

He was awarded Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2006, 2007, 2008 GMA Dove Awards, and Grammy Award Winner for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album in 2012. He was named Artist of the Year in 2007. Tomlin released his seventh studio album, And If Our God Is for Us..., on November 16, 2010. He is one of the members of CompassionArt, a charity founded by Martin Smith (and Smith's wife, Anna) of the band Delirious?.

His newest album is How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection. released on November 15, 2011.

Early life[link]

Tomlin was born in Grand Saline, Texas in 1972 to Connie and Donna Tomlin. He has two younger brothers, Ryan and Cory.^[1] Chris Tomlin first learned how to play the guitar by playing along side Willie Nelson records.^[2]

Tomlin wrote his first worship song at age fourteen. He entered college planning to study physical therapy, but says he felt God's calling to something else.^{[citation needed]}

In the mid-1990s Tomlin was a worship leader at the Dawson McAllister Youth Conferences, as well as at various church camps in Texas.

After attending Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M University, Tomlin continued to play and write songs, and in 1997, youth speaker Louie Giglio asked if he would be interested in working with the Passion Conferences. Tomlin has been in that movement ever since.

Musical career[link]

Chris performing at a concert in Johnson City, Tennessee

His first nationally released solo project, titled The Noise We Make, was released in 2001, featuring the songs "Forever," "Be Glorified", and "Kindness", each of which made the top 200 in the CCLI 2005 top 500 worship songs.^[3] He released the live EP 545 in 2002, and the studio album Not to Us (2002).

Although he is a solo artist, Tomlin uses a consistent band lineup. He writes many of his songs with the band members. The band includes of Daniel Carson (electric guitar, backup vocals), Jesse Reeves (bass guitar, backup vocals), Travis Nunn (drums), and Matt Gilder (piano, keys). He plays guitar and piano.

According to Christian Copyright Licensing International's list of the top 25 worship songs in the US in August 2007, Tomlin held 5 spots with songs he has either written or co-written: "How Great Is Our God" (No. 1), "Forever" (No. 5), "Holy Is the Lord" (No. 7), "We Fall Down" (No. 12), and "Indescribable" (No. 22). In 2008, Tomlin held 6 spots on 20 The Countdown Magazine's top 20 praise and worship songs: "We Fall Down" (No. 14), "Forever" (No. 10), "Holy is the Lord" (No. 8), "Indescribable" (No. 6), "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (No. 3), and "How Great is our God" (No. 1).^[4]

Tomlin has toured with contemporary Christian music artists, such as Delirious? during his first tour, and as a supporting act of Steven Curtis Chapman during his All Things New Tour. Tomlin has headlined several tours, such as the Chris Tomlin Indescribable Tour, which featured worship artist Matt Redman, and speaker Louie Giglio,^[5] and headlining the See the Morning Tour. From April to October 2007, Tomlin toured with Louie Giglio and Matt Redman on his "How Great Is Our God" tour.^[3] In 2008, Tomlin toured with Passion Conferences on its world tour. In early 2009, he was in the Hello Love tour with Israel Houghton and New Breed. In summer of 2010, he was in the "Hello Tonight" tour with TobyMac.

Tomlin has been featured at conferences and music festivals. Among these, he played at Grand Saline's annual Salt Festival.^[6] Hillsong's 2007 conference, and the 2008 Compassionart International Songwriting retreat, which was dedicated to writing songs whose revenue would support charities serving the poorest of the world's poor. Other prominent songwriters included were Matt Redman, Martin Smith, Stuart Garrard, and Steven Curtis Chapman. In 2009, Tomlin played at the Harvest Crusade at Anaheim Angels Stadium.

On June 14, 2007, Tomlin's version of the song "Indescribable" was used as the official wake-up call for Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester on Space Shuttle mission STS-117.

In May 2008, Tomlin announced a move from The Austin Stone Community Church, to start a new church with Louie Giglio in Atlanta, Georgia.^[7][8]

In 2009, Tomlin released a Christmas album, Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship.^[9] It includes three original Christmas songs and features duets with Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, and Audrey Assad. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 list and at No. 1 for Holiday albums.

Personal life[link]

Tomlin married Lauren Bricken,^[10] on November 9, 2010.^[11][12][13]

In May 2011, Tomlin announced that he and Lauren are expecting their first child.^[14][15] He announced on Twitter that the couple's daughter, Ashlyn Alexandra Tomlin, was born in September 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Discography[link]

• Inside Your Love (1995)
• Authentic (1998)
• Too Much Free Time (1998) with Ross King
• The Noise We Make (2001)
• Not to Us (2002)
• Arriving (2004)
• See the Morning (2006)
• Hello Love (2008)
• Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship (2009)
• And If Our God Is for Us... (2010)
• How Great Is Our God: The Essential Collection (2011)

Passion event albums

• Better Is One Day (1999)
• The Road To One Day (2000)
• One Day: Live (2000)
• Our Love is Loud (2002)
• Sacred Revolution: Songs From OneDay 03 (2003)
• Hymns: Ancient and Modern (2004)
• How Great Is Our God (2005)
• Everything Glorious (2006)
• The Best of Passion (So Far) (2006)
• Live From Passion 07 Pts. 1 & 3 (2007)
• God of This City (2008)
• Awakening (2010)
• Here for You (2011)
• White Flag (2012)

Non-album songs

• "Whisper My Name" [Forefront] - Eterne: Never Be the Same (2000)
• "Salvation" - Pour Over Me - Worship Together Live 2001 (2001)
• "Give Us Clean Hands" - Pour Over Me - Worship Together Live 2001 (2001)
• "Satisfied" [Forefront] - Secrets Of The Vine: Music... A Worship Experience (2002)
• "Lord, I'm Gonna Love You" [Sparrow] - Your Love Broke Through (2002)
• "Expressions of Your Love" (duet w/ Rebecca St. James) [Sparrow] - It Takes Two: 15 Collaborations & Duets (2003)
• "Where the Streets Have No Name" [Sparrow/EMI CMG] - In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa (2004)
• "You're The One" [Disney/EMI CMG] - Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
• "Angels We Have Heard On High" [Word] - WOW Christmas: Green (2005)
• "Mighty to Save" [Integrity] - Bonus disc included with Fruitcake and Ice Cream DVD (2008)
• "Your Heart [David] - Music Inspired by The Story (2011)

Charts[link]

Albums - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

¹ Currently active on the charts

Music videos[link]

• "Expressions of Your Love" (With Rebecca St. James) (2004)
• "Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)" (2007)
• "I Lift My Hands" (2011)

Awards[link]

Grammy Awards[link]

GMA Dove Awards[link]

Throughout his career, Chris Tomlin has been nominated to 32 Dove Awards (6 of them, collaborative efforts) and won 17 of them.

• *Denotes a collaborative effort or a song contribution to a "Various artists" album.
• ¹ The song was performed by Tomlin, but written and produced by Laura Story.
• ² The song was performed by LaRue Howard, but written by Tomlin.

[edit] Billboard Music Awards

Others[link]

Tomlin was nominated for two 2009 Visionary Award: Male Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year for "Jesus Messiah".^[17]

Bibliography[link]

• Chris Tomlin, The Way I Was Made: Words and Music for an Unusual Life, Multnomah, 2004. ISBN 978-1-59052-327-8

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site
• Austin Stone Community Church
• Article in Time Magazine
• One Million Can

Christy Nockels
Background information
Birth name	Christy Lynette Hill
Born	(1973-11-17) November 17, 1973 (age 38)
Origin	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Contemporary Christian music
Occupations	singer, songwriter
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Rocketown Records sixstepsrecords Sparrow Records
Associated acts	Watermark
Website	http://www.christynockels.com/

Christy Lynette Nockels (born November 17, 1973 née, Hill in Fort Worth, Texas) is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. She was also one of the lead members of the band Watermark, along with her husband, Nathan Nockels.

Biography and career[link]

Christy Nockels was born in Fort Worth, Texas to a pastor and a piano teacher but grew up in Oklahoma.

Christy met Nathan Nockels in 1993 at the Christian Artists Seminar in Estes Park, Colorado. After getting married in 1995, they began serving as worship leaders in their local church in Oklahoma City. They also began writing songs together and released an album in 1996. The album, which was released under the name Sons & Daughters was called Holy Roar, and featured the contribution of fellow worship leader and friend, Charlie Hall. Louie Giglio, pastor and founder of the Passion Movement, heard the album and invited the Nockels and Charlie Hall to attend the first Passion Conference in Austin, Texas, in 1997.

After this, Christy and Nathan moved to Texas and started leading worship for Metro Bible Study, a weekly gathering of 3,000 young adults at Houston's First Baptist Church. During that time, Rocketown Records (owned by Michael W. Smith) approached them and they signed a contract under the name Watermark. After that, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1998. As Watermark, the Nockels recorded five albums and received several Dove Award nominations, including Female Vocalist of the Year for Christy and Producer of the Year for Nathan in 2007.

Michael W. Smith has said of Watermark, "Christy Nockels creates space for worship like few artists I've been around. When she sings, it's disarming--you must pay attention. Whether it's 10,000 people at a Passion Conference or an intimate gathering, Christy is a worshiper who leads us all. Nathan and Christy Nockels are a huge part of the Rocketown Records story, and my life has been enriched by their love for worship music." ^[1]

In 2006, Christy and Nathan decided to retire Watermark, and dedicate themselves to other areas of ministry, as well as their family. In 2008, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where they helped to found Passion City Church with Louie Giglio, and signed with Sixsteps Records. Christy also started writing songs and released her first solo album, Life Light Up, in 2009. The album was also produced by her husband, Nathan.^[2] In April 2012 Christy released her second solo album Into the Glorious

Personal life[link]

Christy and Nathan Nockels have been married since 1995. They have three children together: Noah, Elliana, and Annie Rose.^[3]

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

As Watermark[link]

• 1998: Watermark
• 2000: All Things New
• 2002: Constant
• 2004: The Purest Place
• 2006: A Grateful People

As Sons & Daughters[link]

• 1996: Holy Roar

Awards[link]

GMA Dove Awards[link]

• 2005: Female Vocalist of the Year nomination
• 2007: Female Vocalist of the Year nomination
• 2008: Female Vocalist of the Year nomination

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Web site