Israel Houghton

Israel Houghton is a Grammy Award winning, Christian worship leader and singer, mostly known for his cross-cultural style of Christian music that fuses elements from Gospel, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, African, South American and Middle Eastern music.

His project Alive in South Africa, recorded live in Cape Town, received a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Gospel Album" in 2007 and two songs from the album, "Not Forgotten" and "Turn It Around", received a Dove Award for "Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song" in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Both his album Live from Another Level and rendition of "Again I Say Rejoice" received a Dove Award in 2005.

Israel’s served as worship leader for the Promise Keepers and Champions for Christ events, as well as the Hillsong Conference 2006 - 2008, and Hillsong Conference Europe 2008.

Houghton is also a worship leader at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, TX.

 
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Israel will join Joyce in...
Blantyre, Malawi
November 20-22, 2009

Hershey, PA
August 19-21, 2010