Like everyone, Brenton has an unusual story. He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, became a Rhodes Scholar and studied law and politics in Oxford, England. Brenton first came to the attention of the wider church, as one of the young worship leaders on the first Vineyard UK recordings, ‘Come, Now is the Time’ and ‘Hungry’.
His songs Lord Reign in Me, All Who are Thirsty and Humble King joined other classic songs from those Vineyard recordings. It wasn’t a bad start to a recording career! But though these were his first recordings as a solo artist, Brenton had been leading worship in his home town in South Africa for a number of years.
‘The Lord got a hold of me while I was studying politics and law in Cape Town. After being confronted by the power of the gospel at a Bible study, I threw my lot in with a vibrant, multicultural church on campus while I continued to study politics and law at University’. Growing up during the demise of Apartheid made questions of social justice an obvious academic choice for Brown.
In 2005 the Browns moved from London to Malibu, CA and have travelled across the States and beyond leading worship in churches as far afield as Sweden and Korea. 2008 saw the arrival of a baby daughter Bella and Brenton’s second solo project, ‘Because of your love’. Brenton has been lucky enough to have his songs recorded by Chris Tomlin and Lincoln Brewster and Paul Baloche. He has 5 songs in CCLI’s top 100 including ‘Hosanna (Praise is Rising)’ and ‘Everlasting God’.