Chris Collins Kyle Lent Matthew Moore Philip Ellis Jimmy McNeal Daniel Darnell Marcus Dawes Todd Hartmann Jeremy Andrew Matt Graham Jaleesa McCreary Dietrich Schmidt James Muturi Zach Conley Christian Rudman
Past members
Chris Tomlin Aaron Ivey Logan Walter Justin Cofield Brett Land Jimmie Ingram
Austin Stone Worship is an American contemporary worship music collective from Austin, Texas, founded in part by Chris Tomlin, as a part of Austin Stone Community Church. The band started making music in 2002, while they have since released six albums, and four of those charted on the Billboard magazine charts.
Background
Formed in 2002 in Austin, Texas, with Chris Tomlin, being one of their originating members,[1][2] and they now count as their members the following: Chris Collins, Kyle Lent, Matthew Moore, Philip Ellis, Logan Walter, Jimmy McNeal, Daniel Darnell, Marcus Dawes, Brett Land, Jimmie Ingram, Todd Hartmann, Jeremy Andrew, Matt Graham, Jaleesa McCreary, Dietrich Schmidt, James Muturi, Zach Conley, and Christian Rudman.[3][4]
Music history
The worship collective have released six albums, and four of those charted on the Billboard magazine charts.[5][6] Their albums are the following: Austin Stone Live in 2011, A Day of Glory in 2012, The Reveille Volume 1 in 2013, King of Love in 2013,[7]The Reveille Volume II in 2014, and This Glorious Grace in 2015.[8][9][10][11]
On February 11, 2024, Austin Stone announced it had fired its worship pastor, Aaron Ivey on February 5, “stating that he showcased a 'pattern of predatory manipulation, sexual exploitation, and abuse of influence,' including with a minor in 2011 and with three men since then.”[12] As a result, they have removed most of their music resources of their worship albums that they have released on streaming platforms.
