Andy Chrisman

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Andy Chrisman is a former member of the American contemporary Christian music group 4Him, a solo Christian music recording artist and a worship leader. [1]

Background

Chrisman originally met the other 4Him members when they sang together in Truth, a contemporary Christian vocal group founded in the late 1960s and directed by Roger Breland. Representatives from a record label heard the band a few times and signed them to become a Christian band. Their first single was "Where there is Faith".

Chrisman left 4Him sometime in the 2000s to pursue a solo career. He released his first solo recording, One, in 2004. He has also been a worship pastor at Church on the Move, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2008, along with the Church on the Move Praise Band, he released Beautiful Name, a live worship CD. Chrisman was briefly the worship leader at Celebrate Church in Celebration, Florida until 2006.

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References

  1. "Andy Chrisman interview". News on 6.