Donald James "Don" Moen (born June 29, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, pastor,
and producer of Christian
worship music.
Before Moen was hired to work for Integrity Music, he attended Oral Roberts University and became a Living
Sound musician for Terry Law Ministries and traveled with Terry Law for
ten years. He produced 11 volumes for the Hosanna! Music series of worship albums. His first album
under his own name, Worship with Don Moen, was released in 1992. His
music has total global sales of over five million units.
Moen worked for Integrity Media for over 20 years, serving as
creative director and president of Integrity Music, president of
Integrity Label Group, and an executive producer of Integrity Music
albums. He left Integrity Media in December 2007 to start a new initiative, The
Don Moen Company.The Don Moen Company acquired MediaComplete, the church software
company that created MediaShout. Moen became a radio host for Don Moen & Friends in
2009. Moen received a Dove Award for his work on
the musical God with Us
in addition to amassing nine nominations for his songs.
Moen is a prolific songwriter, having worked with Claire Cloninger, Paul Overstreet, Martin J. Nystrom, Randy Rothwell, Ron
Kenoly, Bob Fitts, Debbye Graafsma, Paul
Baloche, Tom Brooks, among many others. He has worked with talented
musicians, Justo Almario, Carl Albrecht, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, Paul Jackson, Jr., Lenny
LeBlanc and Chris Graham.[citation needed]
He was a major catalyst in launching the careers of Paul
Baloche, Darlene Zschech, Israel Houghton, and Hillsong United.
Notable recordings
Moen's first album for Hosanna! Music, Give Thanks, became the label's
bestseller. He followed this with a number of successful albums of his
own including two, En
Tu Presencia and Trono De Gracia, in
Spanish. God with Us won the Dove Award for Best
Musical. On an Asian tour in 1999 he recorded The Mercy
Seat at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore
and Heal Our Land at Yoido Park in South Korea, which was
released in 2000. One of Moen's albums, I
Will Sing, was recorded at Christian Broadcasting Network.
God Will Make a Way:
The Best of Don Moen was released in 2003 and features 19 greatest hits. The title song was written for
his sister-in-law and her husband, whose oldest son died in an auto accident while three other children were
seriously injured. Moen's Hiding Place
became his first studio album which was
recorded at Paragon Studios in Franklin, Tennessee and was released in the autumn of
2006. I Believe There Is More released
on fall 2008. His third studio recording titled Uncharted Territory (funded
successfully through Kickstarter) released on March 27, 2012. His new Christmas album, Christmas: A Season of Hope,
will release in October 22, 2012 and some songs were recorded at a
studio in Czech Republic.[citation needed]
Moen has released a new album titled Hymnbook as a celebration
of reaching over 1 million likes on his Facebook page.
Personal life
Discography
Give Thanks
- Released: 1986
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Certification: Gold
Steadfast Love
- Released: 1988
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Bless the Lord
- Released: 1989
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Christmas
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Eternal God
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1992
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Word
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
God with Us
- Released: 1993
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Tom Hartley (Executive)
- Certification: Dove Award
Trust in the Lord - Live Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Michael Coleman (Executive)
Mighty Cross
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music
- Producer: Tom Hartley, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Rivers of Joy
- Released: 1995
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Emmanuel Has Come
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Steven V. Taylor, Chris Long (Executive), Michael Coleman (Senior Executive), Don Moen (Senior Executive)
Praise with Don Moen
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Let Your Glory Fall
- Released: 1997
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Long (Executive)
God for Us
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Is
Good - Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
En
Tu Presencia
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Isaac Hernandez, Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
More of You, Lord - Praise with Don Moen Volume 2
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Russell Fragar, Don Harris, Chris Springer, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Give Thanks
- Released: 1999
- Format: VCD
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Steve Merkel, Tom Brooks, Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
The Mercy
Seat
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Heal Our Land
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
I Will Sing
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
God in Us
- Released: 2001
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Will Make a Way:
The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Trono de Gracia
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Miguel Angel "Malin" Villagran, Tom Brooks, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Keith Manwaring (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
Thank You Lord
- Released: 2004
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, CBN, Epic, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Arise: The Worship Legacy
of Don Moen
- Released: 2006
- Format: Digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
Hiding Place
- Released: 2006
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
I Believe There Is More
- Released: 2008
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Moen, Michael Coleman (Executive)
With a Thankful
Heart: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen, Andy Skarda (Executive)
Uncharted Territory
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records, in:ciite, EMI Christian Music Group
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Hymnbook
- Released: 2012
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Tom Lane
Christmas: A Season of Hope
- Released: October 22, 2012
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records, in:ciite, EMI Christian Music Group
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Ultimate Collection
- Released: March 5, 2013
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna! Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Steve Merkel, Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Paul Mills, Don Moen, C. Ryan Dunham (Executive)
Hymns of Hope
- Released: Fall 2013
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive
