Chris Quilala
| Chris Quilala | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Mark Quilala |
| Born |
November 22, 1982 Redding, California |
| Genres | Worship, Christian pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, worship leader |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Associated acts | Jesus Culture |
| Website | jesusculture |
Christopher Mark Quilala (born November 22, 1982) is an American Christian musician and worship leader, with the Jesus Culture band, who primarily plays Christian pop and contemporary worship music.
Quilala was born Christopher Mark Quilala on November 22, 1982, in Redding, California, to Philip and Lisa Quilala,(née, McGehee), Quilala has two sisters, older sister Alicia Marie (1981) and younger sister Rebecca Joy (1988). He met his future wife, Alyssa, when she was seventeen and he was twenty-five while they were in a church in Pasadena. They were married on July 12, 2009, and they have four children together: Ella, Aria, Jethro (d. 2014), and Liv. After Chris and Alyssa's son Jethro died in December 2014, they wrote the song Miracles, which appeared on Jesus Culture's 2016 album Let It Echo. The Quilala family resides in Sacramento, California.
He has been part of the Jesus Culture movement, since he was fourteen years old in 1996. He has been featured on many Jesus Culture albums, including Everything (2006), We Cry Out (2007), Your Love Never Fails (2008), Consumed (2009), Come Away (2010), Awakening: Live from Chicago (2011), Live From New York (with Martin Smith) (2012), Unstoppable Love (2014), and Let It Echo (2016). Quilala's debut solo album, Split the Sky, was released on November 11, 2016
Along with being a guitarist, Chris is also a drummer. He started his musical career playing drums for Bethel Music. He was the drummer for the albums For The Sake of the World (2012) and Be Lifted High (2011).
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