Stephen Halliwell Featured In #MusicLov3rz Magazine May Edition!

April 29, 2019

Stephen Halliwell is a contemporary Christian singer/songwriter from northern New Jersey, who also participates in the worship band at Hawthorne Gospel Church and periodically leads worship at Bible studies for Calvary Chapel in Passaic.

"I am unable read music or write musical notes. I am starting to learn how to write chords and I have struggled to play any musical instruments. Being a singer/songwriter was never on my radar. And yet, it seems like God has a history of using those who should be unable. Ten years ago, He saw fit to let me write the lyrics and melody of a worship song. Since that time, He has blessed me with the opportunity to write over 500 worship songs and has brought talented musicians into my life who have helped me fully realize that which I could hear only inside my head.

As a songwriter, the first question I ask of everything I write is: 'Does it accurately and truthfully reflect scripture?' In an age where so much of the desire is to move away from the Bible (sometimes even in the church), my goal is to bring everything back to it in a way that resonates and connects with whoever may be listening. You can have great instrumentation, an unforgettable melody, and slick rhymes, but if the words are not truth, then to me, it's just noise. It's the truth of His Word that is world-changing.