While growing up in Albemarle, North Carolina, Christian singer-songwriter Josh Baldwin played drums in church for his pastor father, and he learned to play guitar in high school. ∙ He released his first album, 2008’s Changing, while serving as a worship leader with MorningStar Fellowship Church in South Carolina. ∙ Rivers, Baldwin’s crowd-funded 2014 LP, featured his song “You Deserve It All,” which became a familiar anthem in churches worldwide. ∙ In 2014, he joined the Bethel Music collective of worship artists in Redding, California, and he recorded a live version of his “Praises (Be Lifted Up)” in 2016. ∙ His 2017 solo album, The War Is Over, debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart. ∙ Baldwin’s “Stand in Your Love,” the lead single from Bethel Music’s 2019 album, Victory, was a Top 10 Christian hit. ∙ He was nominated for two Dove Awards, including New Artist of the Year, in 2019.