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PAUL WILBUR
“We have ministered in more than thirty nations, recorded in three languages and have witnessed thousands set free by messiah empowered worship and praise”
-PAUL WILBUR
An American singer-songwriter, worship leader, and pastor in the Messianic music genre. He has produced six albums under the Integrity Music label.
He has appeared with other artists on albums produced with Israel’s Hope.
He has also produced three albums in Jerusalem, Israel; and most of his albums in the United States.
His passion for the arts and music took him from under graduate school in Cleveland, Ohio across the Atlantic to study in Milan, Italy where he was instructed in vocal technique, Italian, and opera by some of La Scala’s most skilled mentors.
He pursued a Master’s Degree in vocal music performance at Indiana University. According to him, during his Master's Degree, he loved music, friends and girls. Whenever he asked girls out, the girls invited him to church. It was during one of the “church dates” that Paul Wilbur encountered Jerry Williams, a young lover of God who was also passionate about God.
Jerry Williams ministrations drew Paul Wilbur to church a lot and Paul began to see God in a different way and wanted to get close to Jerry Williams.
Jerry Williams led him to Christ when he (Paul Wilbur) visited his home one sunday afternoon when free meal with a family was announced in church. This was March 26, 1977.
Paul, Jerry and Ed Kerr later formed the popular contemporary Christian group “Harvest”. They traveled and ministered together, and recorded several albums with the Benson Record Company.
Paul came back to his Jewish roots almost 5 years after he was with “Harvest.” According to him “...the call to bring the Gospel back to the Jewish community grew stronger and stronger in my heart.” When Paul yielded to this call, he and his small family moved to the Washington DC area and a fledgling Messianic congregation, called Beth Messiah.
For two years, Paul did odd and found part-time jobs to pay the bills until (according to him) the Lord brought together three Jewish men and called them Israel’s Hope. They traveled and ministered together for more than eight years recording several albums on the Maranatha! record label.”
Paul Wilbur sees his calling to the Church and the Jewish community to build bridges of reconciliation between them. His most recent recording for Integrity, The Watchman, is a stirring call to the Body of Messiah worldwide to take up their place on the walls of their lives, congregations, cities, and nations—to be faithful, prayerful, and watchful during what he calls “this most prophetic hour.”
“The Watchman” was recorded at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio with Pastor John Hagee. It has since been re-recorded in Spanish with live audiences in Costa Rica and Guatemala and is called “El Shaddai”.
Paul Wilbur's Albums - Arise O Lord with Israel’s Hope (1987), Up to Zion (1991), Shalom Jerusalem (1995), Lion of Judah (1995), Holy Fire (1997), Jerusalem Arise (1999), Heal Our Land (2000), Mas de Ti (2000), Lion of Judah (2001), Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem (2002), The Watchman (2005), El Shaddai (2005), Praise Adonai (2007), Live - A Night of Extravagant Worship (2008).
Compiled from Paul Wilbur: Paul Wilbur
http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/artists/wilbur_paul.aspx
http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Wilbur/+wiki
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This post was edited by Adebola Ayoade at July 3, 2015 12:18 AM CEST