Timothy David Llewelyn Hughes (born 23 July 1977) is a British

worship leader Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the 20th century. It was originally confined to the charismatic movement, but is now found in a wide range of churches, including many ...

, singer, songwriter, and

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priest. Formerly the director of worship at

Holy Trinity Brompton Holy Trinity Brompton with St Paul's, Onslow Square and St Augustine's, South Kensington, often referred to simply as HTB, is an Anglican church in London, England. The church consists of six sites: HTB Brompton Road, HTB Onslow Square (former ...

, a large Anglican church in central London, he has since been ordained as a minister in the Church of England and appointed Vicar of St Luke's, Gas Street Birmingham. He leads Worship Central, an international worship training and resource centre. Hughes has written a number of songs that are sung worldwide, including the

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-winning " Here I Am to Worship", "Happy Day", "Beautiful One", "Jesus Saves", "At Your Name", and "The Way".

Personal life

Hughes, the son of an

vicar, grew up in

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, before moving to

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as a teenager when his father was appointed vicar of St John's Church, Harborne. He studied history at

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, graduating in 2000. Hughes is married to Rachel and has four children.

Career

Worship leader

Hughes began his music career in 1997, when he was invited by

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to lead worship at a Soul Survivor festival. After the departure of

Matt Redman Matthew James Redman (born 14 February 1974) is an English Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and author. Redman has released 16 albums, written 8 books, and helped start three church-plants. He is best known for his two-time Grammy Aw ...

from Soul Survivor Watford Church, Hughes succeeded him as Worship Pastor. In 2005, he moved to Holy Trinity Brompton, an Anglican church in central London, as director of worship. In 2015, he and his family moved to Birmingham where they have launched and now head up Gas Street Church. He is a member of Compassionart, a

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founded by musician

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, the front man of

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Ordained ministry

Hughes trained for ordination at

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, a non-residential Anglican theological college in London. On 29 June 2013, he was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in the

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as a

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, Bishop of London, during a service at St Paul's Cathedral, London. On 22 June 2014, he was ordained as a

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

by Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington, during a service at

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, Kensington. From 2013 to 2015, Hughes served his

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in the

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. In 2015, he was appointed priest-in-charge of St Luke's, Gas Street, Birmingham in the Diocese of Birmingham. This was a church plant from HTB, and involved the renovation and consecration of a derelict warehouse to use as a church for Hughes and his team. The church officially launched on 5 February 2016.

Worship Central

With Holy Trinity Brompton's associate director of worship, Al Gordon, Hughes established Worship Central, an worship training and resource centre, aiming to have an international impact.

Music recording

Hughes' songs were published in the UK by

Survivor Records Survivor Records is a British Christian Music record label and is a sub-ministry of Kingsway Communications. The label launched in 1997 as a medium by which to publish music associated with the Soul Survivor (charity), Soul Survivor events. One ...

and distributed globally by

EMI CMG Capitol Christian Music Group (Capitol CMG) (formerly known as EMI Christian Music Group) is an American music group that, since 2013, is under the ownership of Universal Music Group. It is based in Brentwood, Tennessee. Capitol CMG is in the C ...

, a major music label documented as market share leader from 1998 to 2009. He is currently signed under

Integrity Music Integrity Music is part of the David C Cook nonprofit group. Founded as a direct-to-consumer music club in 1987 as ''Integrity Music'', Integrity was at the forefront of contemporary worship music's widespread popularity of praise and worship mu ...

. Hughes has recorded and released six albums: '' Here I Am to Worship'' in 2001, '' When Silence Falls'' in 2004, '' Holding Nothing Back'' in 2007, '' Happy Day'' in 2009, ''

Love Shine Through Love Shine Through is the fourth studio album by British worship leader Tim Hughes. It was released in March 2011 Track listing Personnel * Tim Hughes – vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitars * Buddy Ross, Josiah Sherman – keyboards, prog ...

'' in 2011, and '' Pocketful of Faith'' in 2015. ''Here I am to Worship'' Hughes' album, '' Here I Am to Worship'' was released in 2001. The album introduced the worship songs "Jesus, You Alone" and the Dove Award-winning song " Here I Am to Worship". Both songs have become world-renowned worship anthems. ''When Silence Falls'' Released in 2004, '' When Silence Falls'' featured well-known tracks, "Beautiful One", "Consuming Fire", and "Whole World in His Hands". The bonus track on the album, "Saviour" featured the hip hop group 29th Chapter, from west London. ''Holding Nothing Back'' Hughes' third album, '' Holding Nothing Back'', was released on 3 April 2007, and includes songs like "Living for your glory", "The Highest and the Greatest", "God of Justice", "Everything", and "Happy Day". In 2007, prior to the recording of Holding Nothing Back, ''Christian Today'' interviewed Hughes, asking him, "Do you think any of the songs have the potential to become worldwide hits like some of your previous singles ("Here I am to Worship" and "Beautiful One")?" Hughes responded that what connected with people was often a surprise and hard to predict. ''Happy Day'' In July 2008, Hughes recorded a live album and DVD, '' Happy Day'', at a Worship Central event held on 16 September 2008 at the Shepherds Bush Empire, London. The recording featured a mix of previously released material and brand new songs, including "Give us your courage". The album was released at the Worship Central Global Day on 14 March 2009, in London's Westminster Central Hall. ''Love Shine Through'' On 11 March 2011, a fourth studio album was released, ''

''. The recording was produced by Martin Smith and featured musicians Marc James, Michael Guy Chislet and members of Northern Irish band, Rend Collective Experiment. ''Pocketful of Faith'' On 17 July 2015 Hughes released his fifth studio album, '' Pocketful of Faith''. The album was produced by

Nathan Nockels Nathaniel Edward "Nathan" Nockels (born June 8, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and worship leader, who is a producer, songwriter, and composer of sacred music. He has received seven GMA Dove Awards, for his production. Nockels and his wif ...

and includes songwriting collaborations with

Reuben Morgan Reuben Timothy Morgan (born 9 August 1975) is an Australian worship pastor at Hillsong Church and one of several worship leaders and songwriters in Hillsong Worship group. Prior to this he was a worship pastor at Hillsong Church in Sydney, ...

Phil Wickham Philip David Wickham (born April 5, 1984) is a Contemporary Christian musician, singer and songwriter from San Diego, California. Wickham has released nine albums: ''Give You My World'' in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, ''Cannons'' in 2007 ...

Jonas Myrin Jonas Myrin is a Swedish singer, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California. His solo career began in 2012 with the gold-certified song, "Day of the Battle" in Germany. Myrin won two Grammy Awards for the song " 10,000 Reasons (Bl ...

and Tim's Worship Central teammates Nick Herbert, Luke Hellebronth and

Ben Cantelon Benjamin Lennart Cantelon (born August 5, 1983) is a Canadian Christian musician, who primarily plays a contemporary Christian style of worship music. He has released three extended plays, ''Daylight Breaks Through'' in 2007, with Survivor Record ...

Literary publishing

Hughes published ''Passion For Your Name'' in 2003, in which he gives his advice on many issues, including worship leading and songwriting. Hughes has published a book called ''Holding Nothing Back'' (the same name as his third album) and was interviewed by Premier.tv's ''Christian TV On Demand'', to promote the book.

Honours

In June 2017, he was awarded the

Cranmer Award for Worship The Lambeth Awards are awarded by the Archbishop of Canterbury. In addition to the Lambeth degrees, there are a number of non-academic awards. Before 2016, these awards consisted of the Lambeth Cross, the Canterbury Cross, and the Cross of St Augu ...

by the

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"for his outstanding contribution to contemporary worship music".

Discography

Albums

* ''Reward'' with

Martyn Layzell Martyn Layzell (born 1975) is Vicar at St Mark's, Battersea Rise, an Anglican church in London. He is also a worship leader and has regularly led worship at major Christian events including Soul Survivor and New Wine. He features on several live ...

(1999, Survivor Records) * '' Here I Am to Worship'' (2001, Worship Together Records) * '' When Silence Falls'' (2004, Survivor Records) * '' Holding Nothing Back'' (2007, Survivor Records) * '' Happy Day'' (2009, Survivor Records) * ''

'' (2011, Survivor Records) * '' Pocketful of Faith'' (2015, Integrity Music)

With Worship Central

* ''Lifting High'' (2009, Survivor Records) * ''Spirit Break Out'' (September 2011, Kingsway) * ''Let It Be Known'' (March 2013, Kingsway) * '' Set Apart'' (October 2014, Kingsway) * ''Mercy Road'' (May 2017)

Soul Survivor Event albums

* ''Your Name's Renown - Soul Survivor Live 2001'' (2001) * ''Soul Survivor Live 2002: Glimpses Of Glory'' (2002) * ''Soul Survivor: Anthem Of The Free'' (2003) * ''Soul Survivor Live 2004: Living Loud'' (2004) * ''Soul Survivor: We Must Go'' (2005) * ''Soul Survivor: Love Came Down'' (2006) * ''Soul Survivor: Living For Your Glory'' (2007) * ''Complete - Live Worship From Soul Survivor 2008'' (2008) * ''Soul Survivor: Not Ashamed'' (2009) * ''Soul Survivor: Light the Sky'' (2010) * ''Soul Survivor: We Are the Free'' (2011) * ''Soul Survivor: Love Takes Over'' (2015)

Published works

* Hughes, Timothy R. ''Passion for Your Name'', Kingsway Publications, 2003. * Hughes, Timothy R. ''Holding Nothing Back'', Kingsway Publications, 2007. * Hughes, Tim; and Gordon, Al. ''Worship Central'', Alpha International, 2011.

References

External links

Tim Hughes Info and Discography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Tim 1977 births Living people Alumni of the University of Sheffield British performers of Christian music Christian hymnwriters Christian music songwriters English songwriters Performers of contemporary worship music English evangelicals Evangelical Anglican clergy 21st-century English Anglican priests Holy Trinity Brompton people Alumni of St Mellitus College