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Joel Houston

Australian musician

Summary

Australian musician

Field	Value
image	Joel Houston UNITED LIVE.jpg
name	Joel Houston
landscape	yes
background	solo_singer
birth_name	Joel Timothy Houston
birth_date
birth_place	Brisbane, Queensland
origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
instrument
genre	Contemporary worship music, Christian rock
occupation
years_active	1999–present
label	Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol

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. 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.

Biography

Early life

Joel is the oldest child of the former Hillsong Church's founding pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of pastor Frank Houston. He has two siblings.

Houston wanted to play the piano at the age of seven. However he found an inclination to play bass and this led him to play the bass guitar for a number of Hillsong Worship albums instead.

Hillsong United and Hillsong

Houston's debut with the Hillsong United as a vocalist was in 2002, however he had been playing bass guitar with the band for several years prior to this, and contributing various songs, including the title track from the group's debut full-length live album, Everyday. As part of Hillsong United music team, Houston has helped lead worship conferences in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. He has also contributed to the main Hillsong album recordings as well, which are led by worship pastor Reuben Morgan. His music has been on Hillsong albums that have quickly risen on both the Australian and American Christian music charts. In March 2007, Hillsong United's eighth album All of the Above debuted at No. 6 on the ARIA charts. Joel Houston has been the creative director of Hillsong since 2008. Joel was co-pastor of Hillsong NYC with Carl Lentz until Lentz's employment was terminated by Brian Houston for unnamed "moral failings".

Personal life

Joel married Brazilian model Esther Lima in 2012, and they had a son in 2013.

References

Houston, Brian. (14 April 2010). "Update #2: HILLSONG NEW YORK CITY".
"Last night as a single man..... Bring on the future.. God is faithful". Twitter.
"Welcome to Twitter - Login or Sign up". Twitter.
http://www.facebook.com/joelhouston/posts/135456309910784{{dead link. (March 2015)
Jones, Caroline. (1 August 2005). "The Life of Brian - Transcript". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
(2002). "Blessed". Hillsong Music.
[http://therockacrossaustralia.com/top20ind.shtml] {{webarchive. link. (12 February 2007)
[http://www.koorong.com.au/music/musiclists.htm] {{webarchive. link. (12 July 2005)
(19 May 2007). "He's on a musical mission for God". The Sydney Morning Herald.
"Announcement from Hillsong Church Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston. Re: Hillsong East Coast (USA)". Hillsong Church.
(1 July 2015). "Meet Hillsong's Power Couple, Draped In Tattoos and Designer Clothing".
"Esther Houston". Hillsong.
"Joel Houston". Hillsong.

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