Learn in this article about the life and work of Marcos Witt, a man dedicated to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ. This Christian leader and lecturer, in addition to his pastoral ministry, exercises the profession of singer and composer.
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Marcos Witt is a singer of Christian music, born in the State of Texas North America and residing in Mexico. He also exercises a pastoral ministry of service to the Lord Jesus Christ, work that has led him to also be a preacher lecturer and author of several books on Christian themes.
As a pastor he began in his youth in a Christian Church in San Antonio Texas. Later, in the period between 2002 and 2012, he was director of the Lakewood Evangelical Mega Church, whose headquarters are in Houston, Texas.
Marcos Witt and his wife Miriam Lee were also the senior pastors of Lakewood Church during the same period. As a singer, Witt has stood out within the Christian genre in Spanish for almost forty years, since 1986.
Currently his music is one of the most influential in terms of its genre. Their concerts manage to gather millions of attendees annually. Equally popular are his record productions, which have been widely acclaimed and some have won awards.
Regarding the incursion of Marcos Witt in the area of literature. His books have been very well received with a good number of copies sold.
The main mission of his ministry is as Witt himself says: "Help people live better." In this sense, he was working for a time with John Maxwell exercising the task of training leaders for Latin America.
Biography of Mark Witt
Marcos Witt was born on May 19, 1962 in San Antonio, Texas, North America, with the name of Jonathan Mark Witt Holder. He was the second of three children born from the marriage relationship between Jerry Witt and Nola Holder.
The newborn's parents were young Christian missionaries in the United States. The same year as Mark's birth, the young couple decides to continue their missionary work in the city of Durango, Mexico.
At the age of two, the boy Mark is orphaned by the tragic death of his father Jerry Witt. Her mother Nola Holder, being a widow decides to stay in Mexico to continue with the missionary work that she had founded together with her deceased husband.
A few years later, Nola Holder married Francisco Warren, also an American missionary. After this relationship, Lorena and Nola Warren were born.
The Warren Holder couple decides to stay in Mexico, where they carry out missionary work and found new congregations.
Studies
Francisco Warren became Mark's father figure in the role of his adoptive father. So Mark grows up in a Christian home based on sound doctrine.
Basic studies are carried out by Witt at the American School of Durango, Mexico. Later, Joven Witt entered the Universidad Juárez de Durango and studied music.
At the same time, he ventured into theology studies at the Institución Cristiana de Colegio Bíblico in the city of San Antonio, Texas. During this time the young Witt is appointed minister and musical leader in a Christian Church in the city of San Antonio.
Later he moved to the State of Nebraska in order to further his musical and ministerial academic training at a private state conservatory and at the University of Nebraska.
marriage and family
Marcos Witt married in 1986 at the age of 24 with the 23-year-old Canadian Miriam Crystal Lee. Witt's marriage coincides with the same year as the release of his first record album entitled Canción A Dios; and from this marital relationship four children are born, to wit:
- Elena Jannette (1987).
- Jonathan David (1990).
- Christopher Marcos (1991).
- Charles Franklin (1994).
Marcos Witt's musical career
Marcos Witt made a musical career developing as a singer of Christian music, playing genres until now such as: Pop, Rhythm and blues (R&B), Soul and lately he has ventured into Reggaeton.
His type of voice is academically categorized as tenor, in addition to being a singer in his musical career Witt, is a record entrepreneur.
In 1987 he created the record company CanZion Producciones, currently called Grupo CanZion LP. This company is a Mexican music production company, specializing in modern Christian music in Spanish.
In addition to the company Grupo CanZion LP, Witt created other music production companies, such as: Pulso Records and Más Que Música. As a singer, Witt produced his first album in 1986 titled Song to God. Which is interpreted by himself, also marking the official beginning of his career as a singer.
Marcos Witt suffers an accident in the water in 2012 from which he is injured at the level of his vocal cords. His career as a singer is paralyzed for a period of six months.
Later, in his concert held in the Argentine Province of Chaco in February 2015, he gave testimony of his recovery. On that occasion he declared that his recovery was the work of God, exclaiming verbatim: "God continues to be God always." From there comes the album titled Sigues Seriendo Dios produced in 2014.
Another Christian leader who is also a music producer for Christian music is Brian Houston. Learn about him by entering the article Brian Houston: Biography, career, books and much more.
This Christian leader is an executive producer for Hillsong Music Australia HMA. A record company that has accumulated successes in Christian music with the Australian band Hillsong United, which emerged from the Hillsong Church youth ministry founded by Brian Houston.
Music Awards
The first recognition in Marcos Witt's musical career was at the Latin Christian Musical Academy (AMCL) awards in 1987, which awarded him the Male Vocalist of the Year award. From there the singer would receive other musical awards, such as:
- 1992 AMCL Awards: Composition of the Year with the song Renuévame from the AA Project album of the year 1991. This album was the one that projected his music on an international scale.
- 2001 Gente Awards: Latin Rhythm Album of the Year.
- 2003 Latin Grammy Awards: Christian Music in Spanish Album of the Year.
- 2004 Latin Grammy Awards: Christian Music in Spanish Album of the Year.
- 2006 Latin Grammy Awards: Christian Music in Spanish Album of the Year.
- 2007 Latin Grammy Awards: Christian Music in Spanish Album of the Year.
CanZion Institute
In the musical ministry of Marcos Witt to the Lord, he founded the CanZion Institute in 1994. This institution functions as the Center for Training and Musical Dynamics, AC (CCDMAC).
This musical training center fulfills the function of training, educating and training leaders of worship and praise to the Lord around the world.
The CanZion Institute today is an international franchise with more than 79 locations in America, Africa and Europe. Marcos Witt began the international projection of the CanZion Institute in the year 2000, choosing Argentina as a platform to reach the European market, entering through Spain.
Concerts
In the musical career of Marcos Witt, a variety of concerts have been carried out. In which he gets to gather a large number of people, two of the most memorable among them and that can be brought up are the following:
- Tribute to Jesus: Night concert at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City with the assistance of more than one hundred thousand people. In this concert Witt shared the stage with other vocalists and brothers in faith such as Marco Barrientos, Danilo Montero, Jorge Lozano among other musicians and singers.
- 25th Anniversary Commemorative Concert: This was a concert to celebrate 25 years of his musical career in 2012. That was also his last year as a minister at Lakewood Church and on this occasion he shared the stage with international Christian singers such as Marcela Gándara, Marcos Barrientos, Jesús Adrián Romero, Alex Campos, Crystal Lewis, Danilo Montero, Coalo Zamorano and Emmanuel Espinosa among others.
You might also be interested in meeting another Christian leader and singer by reading the article on Daniel Montero: Biography, discography, awards and more. With this Christian leader, pastor and singer, Marcos Witt shared not only the stage in concerts but also ministry at Lakewood Church. Danilo Montero remains in the direction of this congregation after Witt's departure.
record albums
In his facet as a singer, Marcos Witt has a vast record work that began in 1986. There are a total of 38 albums that the singer has recorded, 22 of them have been recorded live in concerts, below is the list of his discography with the Release year:
- Song To God 1986
- let's adore 1988
- 1990 AA Project
- I Long for You 1992
- The Best of Marcos Witt I 1994
- Remembering the Same Path 1995
- The Best of Marcos Witt II 1998
- Best of Instrumentals 1998
- God Loved the World 2001
- Experiences 2001
- The Best of Marcos Witt III 2003
- Anthology 2004
- God is Good 2005
- In Adoration 2009
- 25 Commemorative Concert 2011
- You are still God 2014
Live albums:
- You and Me 1991
- We Exalt You 1992
- mighty 1993
- Praise Him 1994
- expired 1996
- It's Christmas 1996
- Prepare the Way 1998
- Turn on a Light 1998
- Tribute to Jesus 2000
- He Will Return 2001
- Heal Our Earth 2001
- God of Covenants 2002
- Amazing God (Amazing God) 2003
- Remembering Again 2004
- Christmas Time 2004
- Christmas time 2004
- joy 2006
- Soul Symphony 2007
- Supernatural 2008
- Acoustic Session 2012
- You are still God 2015
- Jesus Saves 2017
Ministry of Marcos Witt
Marcos Witt believes in the Lord Jesus Christ and is passionate about his word as a child, according to his own testimony he would have been eight years old. That is why in his youth he studied theology in the city of San Antonio, Texas.
It is during this time that he begins his ministry in a Christian community church. In which he was appointed minister and youth music leader.
Some years later Marcos Witt exercises his pastoral ministry at the Lakewood Christian Church. He started as the leading pastor of this Christian community on September 15, 2002.
Lakewood Church was founded by John Osteen in 1959, of which he was director until 1999 when his death occurs. As of that year, Joel Osteen, the youngest son of the founder, assumes the direction of the church, and is also the main Pastor.
Lakewood is the largest evangelical church in the United States of America. This congregation is classified as a nondenominational church, that is, a community that does not have a label on any specific Christian denomination.
Marcos Witt was director and senior pastor of the Lakewood Church until September 2012, from then on the singer, Danilo Montero, also assumed these functions.
In his career Witt has exercised his ministry as a lecturer and preacher in countries such as: Argentina, Panama, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Paraguay.
Books by Marcos Witt
Marcos Witt, in addition to being a pastor and singer of Christian music, has also ventured as a writer. To his credit he has a literary work made up of ten books, printed in Spanish.
Witt in his books Witt has been shaping his doctrinal knowledge in Christian theology. This set of books are part of the work of his Christian ministry, as an aid for the spiritual growth of many brothers in the faith, and the titles of it are the following:
- let's adore
- Bible in His presence.
- Decide well!
- Turn on a light.
- Leadership to the extreme, what do we do with these musicians?
- Renew your neurons.
- Lord, what can I do for you?
- How to exercise true authority.
- A life of excellence.
- How can I develop my talents?
- Say goodbye to your fears.
- The eight habits of the best leaders.
- A Worship Filled Life, this book is the only one translated into English.
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