Steve Camp
| Steve Camp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 13, 1955 Wheaton, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Contemporary Christian music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Myrrh, Sparrow, Warner Alliance, Ministry, Audience One |
Steven J. Camp (born April 13, 1955) is an American contemporary Christian music artist with an adult contemporary pop sound. He sold more than a million albums. He also has written or co-written 21 number one singles since his debut in 1978 as a solo artist. Today his popularity continues mostly in his Christian writing addressing current trends and matters of Reformed Theology. He started Audience One Ministries and has a blog covering Christian music, biblical study, reformation, and revival.
He is well known for his strong view that Christian musicians are called to make direct, uncompromising music that confronts the world with the message of the Scriptures. In the tradition of Martin Luther's 95 theses, Camp sent out his own 107 theses on Reformation Day (October 31), 1998, calling for a reformation in contemporary Christian music.
Born in Wheaton, Illinois, Camp was raised by Christian parents and by five years of age, he had confessed faith in Jesus. This greatly influenced his desire to serve God through his teenage years. As a young Christian, he created a close bond with legendary Christian singer/songwriter Larry Norman, who gave him advice concerning Camp's own singing and songwriting. In addition, he met the late Keith Green, who encouraged him to make a stronger commitment to Jesus and the ministry of music. Camp was divorced from his first wife prior to 2002. He remarried on June 19, 2009.He is unrelated to Jeremy Camp, a fellow Christian rock musician. Camp is now the senior pastor of The Cross Church in Palm City, Florida.
Camp attended Roosevelt University, where he majored in Musical Composition and Theory. He studied under Professor Dodds, a protegee of George Gershwin. He also studied Business Law/Music at the College of DuPage. Camp is theologically Reformed, in the tradition of John Owen, Jeremiah Burroughs, Thomas Watson, Dr. John F. MacArthur, Dr. D.A. Carson, Dr. R.C. Sproul and the late Dr. Stephen Olford. In the late 1970's, he began a longtime relationship with a then-unknown Rob Frazier, a one-time Petra member, who co-wrote songs for Camp's own albums. Camp was reunited with Frazier on Frazier's 1992 compilation Retrospect, on which Frazier and Camp sang duet vocals for the song Why, Why Why? Camp also had a long-term friendship with Scott Wesley Brown, and he played acoustic guitar and sang backups on Brown's 1977 album, I'm Not Religious, I Just Love The Lord, one year before he went on his own. Five of Camp's albums "Sayin' It With Love (1978), "Start Believin'" (1980), "For Every Man" (1981), "Only The Very Best" (1983), and "It's A Dying World" (1984) have never been released on CD.
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