Tim Malchak
If there is one thing that Tim Malchak has learned, after three decades in the music business, it is perseverance. In a life full of victories and failures, he has kept moving forward through it all.
Tim first came to be known in the music industry during the eighties with a string of top 40 hit singles in Billboard’s Country Music Charts. Songs like his self-penned “Colorado Moon” and “Restless Angel” helped to establish him as a gifted and influential singer/songwriter. Later, in 1987 he was honored once again by Billboard Magazine as one of the Top Ten New Country Artists of that year. All while on an independent record label, Alpine Records. In 1988 he signed a major label record deal with MCA/Universal Records and in May of 1989 his critically acclaimed album “Different Circles” was released. During that time he shared the stage with a veritable who’s who of country artists of that decade. People like Vince Gill, Alison Krause, Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris, Barbara Mandrell, Willie Nelson, and the list goes on. In 1993 Tim appeared on Farm Aid VI in Ames Iowa that was viewed by over 200 million viewers on TNN.
But all was not as it seemed. There was a dark side to Tim’s lifestyle that was very destructive to an artist and ultimately left him without a record deal. It wasn't until, by the grace of God, he overcame his addictions, and the temptations that go with it, that he began a new chapter in his life.
One night in 1999, Tim was driving down a secluded highway, feeling like a battered ship adrift at sea, the words to a song, "The Anchor Holds" spoke so loudly to him that his soul was convicted and he finally realized his need for a Savior. Knowing that one day he would die and have to stand in judgment for the sins he was guilty of. There on that highway Tim committed his life to Christ.
Soon after that Tim felt the call to ministry and to use the gifts God had given him for the glory of His Kingdom.
In 2001 Tim founded Tim Malchak Ministries, "Dedicated to winning the lost to Christ by the sharing of our faith, through music, witness, and testimony." He has released 5 worship CDs to date and recently, giving all glory to God, signed a new record deal with Tate Music Group. Tim sees this as a giant opportunity to glorify the Lord on a grand scale and to get his songs into the churches where they can do just that.
Tim’s prayer is that God will continue to use him not only as a worship leader at his church in Hilton Head SC, but as an instrument for leading the lost to Christ and that his music will be a Godly witness and a catalyst for revival everywhere it is heard!
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