Stuart Townend

1 June 1963—

Featured Hymns:

How deep the Father’s love for us
In Christ alone my hope is found
Joy has dawned upon the world
My heart is filled with thankfulness

Official Sites:

Stuart Townend: https://www.stuarttownend.co.uk/

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/stuarttownend

Discography:

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: Ruach (23 Sept. 1994)
Stuart Townend, Stoneleigh Band
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Come Holy Spirit: Classical Praise Piano (21 Apr. 1995)
Some tracks reissued on Worship Without Words (1997)

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: Day of Favour (1995)
Stuart Townend, Dave Fellingham, Stoneleigh Band
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: My First Love (4 Oct. 1996)
Stuart Townend, Dave Fellingham, Stoneleigh Band
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Spring Harvest Live Worship 97, vol. 1 (1997)
Recorded live at Spring Harvest (Minehead or Skegness).

Say the Word (8 Aug. 1997)
Stuart Townend

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: Love’s Compelling Power (10 Oct. 1997)
Stuart Townend, Stoneleigh Band
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: Beautiful Saviour (23 Oct. 1998) with VHS
Stuart Townend, Kate Simmonds, Lou Fellingham, Johnathan LeTocq
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Personal Worship (6 Aug. 1999)
Stuart Townend

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: Covenant of Grace (1999)
Stuart Townend, Stoneleigh Band
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: Chosen from the Nations (2000)
Stuart Townend, Stoneleigh Band
Recorded at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Spring Harvest: Live Worship (released 1 July 2001)
Stuart Townend, Matt Redman, Robin Mark, et al.
Recorded April 2001 at Butlins Resorts, Minehead and Skegness, England

In Christ Alone (released 20 July 2001)
Stoneleigh Band with Stuart Townend, Lou Fellingham, Kate Simmonds
Recorded April 2001 at Church of Christ the King, Brighton

Jesus Lifted High: Live from Worship Together Canada (released 21 Sept. 2001)
Stuart Townend, Lou Fellingham, Noel Richards, David Ruis, Brian Houston
Recorded June 2001 at Waterloo, Ontario

Stoneleigh International Bible Week: The Father’s Embrace (released 19 Oct. 2001)
Stuart Townend, Lou Fellingham, Kate Simmonds, Tommy Stanley
Recorded 21 July to 9 Aug. at the National Agricultural Centre, Warwick

Friends (2001)
Stuart Townend, Robin Mark, Gary Sadler, John Hartley

Lord of Every Heart (21 June 2002)
Stuart Townend

Operation World (2002)
with Kristyn Lennox, Margaret Becker, et al.

New Frontiers Live (2002)
Stuart Townend, Paul Oakley, Phatfish, Kate Simmonds

Take Us to the River (2003)
Stuart Townend, Robin Mark, Gary Sadler, John Hartley

In Christ Alone: Yesterday Today Forever (2004)
[compilation including Keith Getty, Stuart Townend, others unspecified]

NewFrontiers Live: A Worship House (2004)
Stuart Townend, Paul Oakley, Phatfish, Kate Simmonds

The Passion of God’s Son: Live Worship (2004)
Stuart Townend, Kate Simmonds, Lou Fellingham
Recorded at the Newfrontiers Leadership Conference

NewFrontiers Live: The Power of the Cross (2005)
Stuart Townend, Kate Simmonds, Lou Fellingham

Modern Hymns Live (2006)
Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend
Includes previously released material

The Mandate: See What a Morning (2006)
Stuart Townend

The Mandate: O Church Arise (2006)
Stuart Townend & Robin Mark

Mission:Worship (21 Apr. 2006) with DVD
Stuart Townend, Andy Bromley, Paul Oakley, Mark Tedder
Recorded at Colorado Springs

In Christ Alone: Live Worship from Church of Christ the King Brighton (19 May 2006)
Stuart Townend, David Fellingham, Paul Oakley, Kate Simmonds, Phatfish

Monument to Mercy (23 June 2006)
Stuart Townend

NewFrontiers: Praise is Rising (2006)
Stuart Townend, et al.

The Best of Stuart Townend Live (22 June 2007) [compilation]

Worship at the Abbey (6 Aug. 2007) with DVD
Stuart Townend, Tim Hughes, Lou Fellingham, et al.
Recorded at Live at Studio One, Abbey Road, January 2007

There is a Hope (11 Feb. 2008) with DVD
Stuart Townend, Kelly Minter, Aaron Keyes

Keswick Live (2008)
Keith & Kristyn Getty, Steve James, Stuart Townend

Creation Sings (5 May 2009) with DVD
Stuart Townend

Have You Heard? (2009) [Newfrontiers]
Stuart Townend, Lou Fellingham, Phatfish, Simon Brading
Recorded at Church of Christ the King, Brighton

Keswick Live: Faith that Works (2009)
Keith & Kristyn Getty, Steve James, Stuart Townend

Keswick Live: Christ Centred Worship (10 Oct. 2010)
Stuart Townend, Peter Gunstone, Colin Webster, Phatfish

Introducing Stuart Townend (2010) [compilation]

The Journey (11 May 2011)
Stuart Townend

Ultimate Collection (21 May 2012) [compilation]

Keswick Live: Going the Distance (17 Oct. 2012)
Stuart Townend, Peter Gunstone, Colin Webster

Keswick Live: The Transforming Trinity (10 Oct. 2013)
Stuart Townend, Steve James, Colin Webster

Keswick Live: Really Worship (2014)
Stuart Townend, Lewis Green, Colin Webster

The Paths of Grace (18 May 2014)
Stuart Townend

The Best of Stuart Townend Live, Vol. 2 (15 Mar. 2015)

Keswick Live: The Whole of Life for Christ (23 Oct. 2015)
Stuart Townend, Steve James, Lewis Green

Keswick Live: Power to Change (21 Oct. 2016)
Stuart Townend, Steve James, Colin Webster

Courage (14 Sept. 2018)
Stuart Townend

Keswick Live: Sent (12 Oct. 2018)
Stuart Townend, Colin Webster, EMU Music

see also:

Hope: Phatfish Unplugged Live (2000)
Lou & David Fellingham (Phatfish), Stuart Townend, Kate Simmonds

New Irish Hymns (Oct. 2001)
Margaret Becker, Máire Brennan, Joanne Hogg, Keith Getty

The New Hymn Makers: Stuart Townend—How Deep the Father’s Love (2003)
Paul Leddington Wright & St. Michael’s Singers

New Irish Hymns 2: Father, Son & Holy Spirit (22 Aug. 2003)
Margaret Becker, Joanne Hogg, Kristyn Lennox, Keith Getty

New Irish Hymns 3: Incarnation (17 Sept. 2004)
Margaret Becker, Kristyn Getty, Joanne Hogg, Keith Getty

New Irish Hymns 4: Hymns for the Life of the Church (21 Oct. 2005)
Margaret Becker, Kristyn Getty, Joanne Hogg, Keith Getty

The Apostles’ Creed (2006)
Tim Hughes, Susan Ashton, Brenton Brown, et al.

The New Hymn Makers: Stuart Townend—The Power of the Cross (27 Feb. 2009)
Paul Leddington Wright, St. Michael’s Singers & Alistair Reid

In Christ Alone: Songs of Keith Getty & Stuart Townend (18 Mar. 2011)

The New Hymn Makers: Keith & Kristyn Getty (7 Aug. 2011)
Paul Leddington Wright & St. Michael’s Singers

100 Songs of Stuart Townend & Keith Getty (Integrity, 2016) [songbook]

Publications:

Playing the Keyboard in Worship (Kingsway, 1993)

50 Small Group Worship Ideas (Kingsway, 2000/2006)

The Stuart Townend Collection (2010) songbook

100 Songs of Stuart Townend & Keith Getty (Integrity, 2016) songbook

Related Resources:

Debra Akins, “10 Questions with Stuart Townend,” Crosswalk (2003): CW

Debby Polman, “Hymns from the cutting edge: An introduction to Stuart Townend,” Reformed Worship, no. 71 (Mar. 2004): RW

Tony Cummings, “Stuart Townend: The worship leader and hymn writer,” Cross Rhythms (28 March 2005): CR

Edward Darling & Donald Davison, “How deep the Father’s love for us,” Companion to Church Hymnal (Dublin: Columba, 2005), pp. 328–329.

Christopher M. Idle, “Stuart Townend,” Exploring Praise! vol. 2 (Darlington, England: Praise Trust, 2007), pp. 324–325.

Tony Cummings, “Stuart Townend: The worship leader and hymnwriter explores how ‘Creation Sings,’” Cross Rhythms (28 June 2009): CR

David Lee, “Stuart Townend,” Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology: CDH

Stuart Townend, Hymnary.org