Christmas Southern Style Concert- Collingsworth Family
Excitement, spiritual anointing, family-emphasis, and musical excellence are what you can expect to find when you step across the threshold of the auditorium for an Evening of Family Worship and Praise with The
Collingsworth Family.
Since their first engagement together as musicians for a church camp in
Petersburg, Michigan in August, 1986 until now, the ministry God has given Phil
& Kim has expanded and flourished until it is a full-time livelihood that
involves their entire family. Their boundaries of influence have expanded until
they have sung and played all over the United States (as well as
internationally) into their 26th year of ministry. Their constant, persistent
attention to cutting-edge arranging, musical excellence, and a proper balance of
spiritual emphasis are the keys to success God has helped them tap.
Phil & Kim’s actual base of ministry began during their college days.
Phil is a 1986 graduate of God’s Bible School & College, Cincinnati, OH.
This is the famous, 100+ year old college that is well-known within Christian
education ranks for having been the American college where Oswald Chambers (“My
Utmost For His Highest”) taught. Phil also completed professional trumpet
studies at College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati and earned a
Bachelor of Sacred Music degree with a double major in trumpet performance and
music education. Kim attended Union Bible College, Westfield, IN where she was
very instrumental in arranging most of the music that was performed by the
college’s traveling music groups.
Since that time, many ministry opportunities have come across their pathway.
They have always maintained a public performance ministry, which for the first
fourteen years included doing music presentations for church camps and
extended-length revival campaigns. They have also held the positions of
Ministers of Music, Hobe Sound Bible Church, Hobe Sound, FL; Director, Music
Division, Union Bible College, Westfield, IN; and Phil was Dean of Enrollment
Management at his Alma Mater, God’s Bible School & College, Cincinnati,
OH.
In January, 2000, Phil & Kim transitioned to a new, all-concert ministry.
They began recording professionally and currently exclusively utilize one of
Nashville’s most award winning producers, Wayne Haun. This new emphasis began to
expand their boundaries rapidly. Their home has seen the addition of four
children across the years and the children are now very actively involved in the
ministry. Their two oldest daughters are quite proficient on the violin and play
at each of their concerts. Their entire family sings together in an ensemble as
well as Brooklyn, their 22 yr old daughter, joining them in trio vocals for most
of the program. Kim is well-known for her phenomenal mastery of the piano and
the extraordinary talent God has given her is a part of each concert, as well as
trumpet solos from Phil.
Their newest full-scale studio project, “PART OF THE
FAMILY”, released September, 2011 includes their current national radio
single, “Tell The Mountain” written by Lee Black, Sue Smith & Kenna West and
promoted to radio by Rhonda Thompson Promotions.
They previously released a “first” in the Christian Music Industry, filming
two full length music videos at the famed MUSIC HALL in Cincinnati, OH, the home
of the world-class Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The two filmings were the
first Christian concerts ever to be filmed at a major symphony venue. They have
also released two videos filmed in High Definition by Gaither Television
Productions with the Flint Symphony Orchestra, Flint, MI.
On January 1, 2004, they signed an exclusive booking agreement with THE
DOMINION AGENCY of Fayetteville, NC, which now represents them in all personal
appearances. On March 1, 2011, they moved into a new multi year, exclusive
recording agreement with StowTown Records, Nashville, TN, one of Gospel Music’s
newest and most exciting record companies, owned by Ernie Haase and Wayne Haun.
Collingsworth Family recorded products are marketed nationally to the CBA Market
thru Provident Distribution and to secular markets by Sony Music.
Their ministry has been featureded on the nation’s largest gospel music
syndicated radio program, The Gospel Greats with Paul Heil as
well as on Daniel Britt & Friends on XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radio’s Enlighten. Their music is regularly featured on Enlighten, GMT (Gospel
Music Television), The DayStar Television Network, and has also been featured in
one hour prime-time specials on the INSP Television Network. The Collingsworth
Family, at the personal invitation of Bill & Gloria Gaither, appeared on the
newest Homecoming Series taping filmed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.
They have also been added as regulars on many of the Gaither Homecoming
Concerts, making appearances with Gaithers in some of their largest venues in
the US and Canada. Their personal appearance schedule shows the broad appeal
their family emphasis has, performing in all types of venues across the US, the
Cayman Islands, and recently in Sweden.
The rapid expansion they have seen occur with the transition to an
all-concert ministry is a direct result of the emphasis they have placed on the
power of prayer. Each Tuesday evening, they hold a private prayer meeting in
their home for the specific purpose of praying for the salvation of their
children and the expansion of their ministry. Since the beginning of these
weekly prayer meetings in 2000, the doors of opportunity for ministry have
opened to them, crossing all evangelical denominational boundaries. Phil &
Kim’s entire purpose is to give the talent God has loaned them back to their
Creator as a sacrifice of praise.