Justin Mathew Jarvis (born June 21, 1979) is an American

Christian music Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely around ...

ian and guitarist, who serves as the worship direct of The Harbour Church in

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. He started his recording career as part of

Jesus Culture Jesus Culture is a Christian revivalist youth-oriented organization that was formed at the Bethel Church of Redding, California, in the United States. Jesus Culture Ministry hosts conferences and operates a record label, Jesus Culture Music. In ...

on their ''

Emerging Voices ''Emerging Voices'' is a live album by Jesus Culture, featuring Mary Kat Ehrenzeller, Justin Jarvis, Derek Johnson (musician), Derek Johnson, and Nate Ward. Jesus Culture, Jesus Culture Music released the album on July 31, 2012. They worked with Je ...

'' album in 2012. His first solo album, ''Atmospheres'', was released in 2014 by Jesus Culture Music and made the ''Billboard'' magazine charts.

Early life

He was born on June 21, 1979, in

Birmingham, AL Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fro ...

, as Justin Mathew Jarvis. Jarvis started playing the guitar, while he was in high school, and this started his devotion towards music, in particular

Personal life

Jarvis married his college girlfriend, Janette Leong, in 2004, and the couple have four children together, Owen, Elliot, Emma and Isabelle, where they reside in

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...

. He is the worship director at The Harbour Church, located in

, where he has been since 2002.

Music career

His music career commenced in 2012, when he was a part of the

release, ''

'', with Derek Johnson and two others. He released ''Atmospheres'', a live album, on September 30, 2014 by Jesus Culture Music. This album was his breakthrough release on the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it placed at No. 46 on the

Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new an ...

chart.

Discography

Live albums

References

External links

Official website

Cross Rhythms article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis, Justin 1979 births Living people American performers of Christian music Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama Musicians from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Songwriters from Alabama Songwriters from Florida