John Arends' Bio
John lives in Kalispell, Montana, where he is on staff at his home church, The River, and at his church's Fire School. He oversees the church's worship ministry, young adults ministry, and media efforts. John frequently leads worship at churches, conferences, and events locally and across the United States. He also leads worship in foreign nations, seeking to change the spiritual atmosphere of those nations and encouraging the local worship teams there. John has written many cutting edge worship songs that are being sung around the United States and around the world.
During a worship time in a small church, the Lord spoke to John and said, "I died to bring My bride back to Me. Are you willing to die to bring her back to Me?" Since that time, John has endeavored to touch people everyday for the Kingdom of God—until they all come home. With this calling burning in his heart, John's worship ministry is permeated by the longing of the bridegroom and His bride. Intimacy, holiness, purity, open heavens, revival, and joy in salvation are common overtones that people experience from John's life and ministry.
Everywhere he goes, he desires to be a "God-encounter" for the people around him. He has a passion to see people go deeper into God (Ezekiel 47:1-12), to see people become consumed by heaven and the the things of God's supernatural Kingdom, and to see Jacob's generation raised up—a generation that seeks the Lord with clean hands and pure hearts (Psalm 24, Psalm 73:1), that violently pursues their birthright (Matthew 11:12, Hebrews 12:14-17), and that walks in the wisdom of the righteous to be prepared for the coming of the Lord (Luke 1:17).