Brenton Brown has written for some of CCM and Gospel’s most well-known artists - Third Day, Big Daddy Weave, Amy Grant, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Chris Tomlin and many others. But what he’s most known for are the songs he has penned for the church. His worship songs have traveled beyond his childhood home of Cape Town, South Africa to churches in almost every country on earth. Starting with All Who Are Thirsty and Lord Reign in Me on the Vineyard UK records, to Everlasting God for Chris Tomlin and most recently Lion And The Lamb, the Lord has somehow been able to keep Brenton writing songs that have made their way into the hearts and prayers of His people.
Raised in South Africa, Brown was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study politics and philosophy at Oxford University. After completing his degree Brenton stayed on to lead worship at his local Vineyard church and help lead and produce worship records for the Vineyard Movement. After both he and his wife, Jude, fell ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 2003 they relocated to California where Brenton has continued to release and tour his own records and continue writing with and for many others worship leaders and artists.
He has received a Grammy Nomination for the song Soul On Fire - recorded and released by the band Third Day (11 weeks at number 1 on Billboard Christian radio and RIAA Certified Gold). The song Lion And The Lamb sung by Big Daddy Weave, and co-written with Leeland Mooring and Brian Johnson reached number 2 on Christian Billboard charts and is also RIAA Certified Gold. Everlasting God co-written with Ken Riley recorded by Lincoln Brewster received a Dove Award nomination and an ASCAP Award for most played song on radio in both Christian and non-Christian formats. And the song You Know My Name, co-written and released with Gospel artist and Grammy winner Tasha Cobbs Leonard has received over 200 million views on YouTube and is RIAA Certified Platinum.
The Browns reside just outside of Los Angeles with their two daughters. The family lost their home to the California wildfires of 2018 but in 2023 were able to rebuild their home.
Brenton’s most recent work has taken him back to his native South Africa where he is working on a worship project written in all 11 official languages of his home nation. Brenton will also be releasing the recording American Hymnal, an affectionate tribute to the music of America that shaped so much of his life.
