Jimmy and Carol Owens are pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music. Their musical praise and prayer presentations Come Together, If My People and Heal Our Land have impacted nations. Dramatic musicals—Show Me!, The Glory of Christmas and The Witness—have brought thousands to Christ. The classic musical for children, Ants’hillvania, written with Cherry Boone O’Neill, was both a Grammy and a Dove Award Finalist as best recording for children. Ants’hillvania II: The Honeydew Adventure, and the Bee Attitudes albums have taught God’s character and ways to multitudes of enthusiastic kids.
The Owens’s book, Restoring a Nation’s Foundations, targeted for American intercessors, has also been adapted for the United Kingdom under the title Heal Our Land, to accompany the national prayer campaign there.
Their God Songs: How to Write and Select Songs for Worship, co-authored by Paul Baloche, was given the WorshipMusic.com Book of the Year Award in 2005.
Jimmy and Carol received the Christian Artists’ Music Achievement Award in 1986.
Jimmy was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2001.
Jimmy and Carol Owens founded SMMI in 1991, inspiring and instructing thousands of Christian musicians and artists around the world in various aspects of Christian music ministry.
Jimmy and Carol have been married since 1954. Both of their children are in ministry: Jamie Owens Collins is a well-known recording artist, songwriter and speaker. Buddy Owens is an author and a Teaching Pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
Jimmy and Carol Owens are pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music. Their musical praise and prayer presentations Come Together, If My People and Heal Our Land have impacted nations. Dramatic musicals—Show Me!, The Glory of Christmas and The Witness—have brought thousands to Christ. The classic musical for children, Ants’hillvania, written with Cherry Boone O’Neill, was both a Grammy and a Dove Award Finalist as best recording for children. Ants’hillvania II: The Honeydew Adventure, and the Bee Attitudesalbums have taught God’s character and ways to multitudes of enthusiastic kids.
The Owens’s book, Restoring a Nation’s Foundations, targeted for American intercessors, has also been adapted for the United Kingdom under the title Heal Our Land, to accompany the national prayer campaign there.
Their God Songs: How to Write and Select Songs for Worship, co-authored by Paul Baloche, was given the WorshipMusic.com Book of the Year Award in 2005.
Jimmy and Carol received the Christian Artists’ Music Achievement Award in 1986.
Jimmy was inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2001.
Jimmy and Carol have been married since 1954. Both of their children are in ministry: Jamie Owens Collins is a well-known recording artist, songwriter and speaker. Buddy Owens is an author and a Teaching Pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.
Jimmy and Carol Owens are a husband and wife songwriting and author team. They are best known for the Christian children’s album Ants’hillvania, which was nominated for the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. They have worked with many other singers and songwriters, either individually or together.