Martin Pepper
Martin Pepper (born April 4, 1958 in Aldekerk, today Kerken ) is a Christian songwriter , pianist, singer and author.
Life
Pepper grew up in a Catholic banking family in Minden and received piano lessons from 1964. From 1972 he appeared as a keyboard player in local bands at festivals. After he abandoned his faith as a youth, he found his way back into the Jesus People movement and was baptized in 1975 as part of a believer's baptism by the Evangelical Free Church in Minden . During this time he began to write pieces in the field of Christian music . From 1977 he studied music and theology at free church training centers in Wolfenbüttel and in Dallas , Texas . During this time Pepper was a pianist and singer in Christian bands and choirs. In 1979 he recorded his first LP "Feel the Touch" in Dallas. In 1980 Martin Pepper did an internship at the Christian Center Berlin ( Kirche am Südstern ) and was ordained in 1981 as a pastor of the Association of Free Church Pentecostal Congregations . From 1981 to 1985 he was an assistant pastor at the Christian Center Berlin, in 1986/1987 he went to study again in the USA before founding the Evangelical Free Church Gospel Community in Berlin in 1987 , which he headed until 2000. In addition, he was active on the board of the then Free Church Evangelical Community , (now) a full member of the Association of Evangelical Free Churches . In 2019 he declared that he had now joined the Protestant regional church .
In addition to his pastoral work, from which he has been released in favor of music since 2000, he was also musically active. He was keyboard player, songwriter and singer of the Christian pop-rock formation "JC Seven", with whom he performed in Berlin and some cities in Germany. In 1993 the CD "Come to the table of his grace" was released, which was distributed internationally by the label "Integrity's Hosanna". Further CDs followed, such as “Wind des Lebens” (live recording 1995), “Tailwind” (1996), “Side by Side” (1997), “Fire in the Night” (1998). In 2000 he worked with Philip Janz, producer of Brian Doerksen in Canada, on the production of the CDs “Face in the Light” and “Songs” and in the same year founded his own music publisher mc-peppersongs .
Since that time he has performed in German-speaking countries with concerts, church services and as a speaker for the design of music contributions in church services under the heading of “worship and praise”. With his albums "Fiesta" and "Siesta", Pepper brings Latin American musical influences, which he collected on his travels through Peru, Mexico and Cuba, to the Christian music scene. Since 2014 he has also appeared as a speaker for men's issues with the texts of his book accompanying the CD “Mut zum Sein” “Männereinsichten”. In 2014 he published his first volume of poetry, “The Melancholy of Possibility”. In 2015 the German-speaking Mennonites invited him to a concert tour and a lecture tour to Paraguay.
From 2007 to 2018 Pepper was an ambassador for the international children's aid organization Compassion in Germany.
Private
Pepper married his wife Claudia, b. Hilliger. The couple have two children and live in Berlin .
Albums
- 1979: Feel The Touch
- 1981: Just speak to the mountain
- 1993: Come to the table of his grace
- 1995: Wind of Life
- 1996: tailwind
- 1997: side by side
- 1998: Fire in the night
- 2000: Songs
- 2000: face in the light
- 2001: Unpredictable World - featuring bluecube
- 2002: expand my boundaries
- 2003: Flügelleicht - featuring Uli Kringler
- 2004: Martin Pepper live - arrow straight
- 2006: change of strings
- 2007: Fiesta
- 2008: Erlesene Lieder (musical audio book with read texts)
- 2010: Siesta
- 2011: Generations (collaboration album with daughter Jennifer Pepper )
- 2013: Courage to be
- 2015: With Mind and Soul (collaboration album with daughter Jennifer Pepper)
- 2018: Much more than just a word
- 2020: Strong tower
- Projects
- 2009: Fiesta - our life is a festival. Erlesene Lieder , Vol. 1. Lyrics and thoughts by Martin Pepper. A musical audio book read by Nicole Bernard and Martin Pepper.
- 2014: The melancholy of the possibility , audio book of the poetry book of the same name read by Martin Pepper
- Songbooks
- 1996 tail wind
- 1998 Fire in the night
- 2000 face in the light
- 2002 Expand my boundaries
- 2003 wing light
- 2004 Wing light & arrow straight
- 2006 string change
- 2008 fiesta
- 2009 Eye in the Storm
- 2009 siesta
- 2011 generations (with in-depth articles)
- 2013 Courage to be (men's insights - in-depth text contributions - and the songbook for the CD)
- Books
- 2001 face in the light
- 2002 Expand my boundaries
- 2014 The melancholy of the possibility of poetry book
- 2017 The fascination of adoration. Because God is more than a word
- Compilations
- 2009: an eye in the storm. His most beautiful praise songs
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pepper: Vita , gerth.de, accessed on May 30, 2015.
- ↑ Evangelical with a tailwind , idea.de, portrait from February 17, 2019.
- ^ Founding of the music publisher and label mc-peppersong ( memento from June 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), peppersongs.com
- ^ Ambassador National ( Memento of May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), compassion-de.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pepper, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Christian songwriter and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aldekerk, today Kerken |