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Marcos Witt
Background information
Born	May 19, 1962 (age 44) San Antonio, Texas
Genre(s)	Christian Pop, Latin Pop
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Piano, Percussion
Years active	1986 – present
Label(s)	CanZion 1986-present Sony BMG 2004-present
Website	[1]

Jonathan Mark Witt Holder (born May 19, 1962), is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American Christian singer. He was the second born of three children to Jerry and Nola Witt, a young American missionary couple. The Witt family had just moved to Durango, México, that same year where they had started a missionary outreach. That work was unexpectedly halted after Jerry's tragic death in 1964.

Years later Marcos' mother, Nola Holder, would find a companion in Frank Warren and remarry. Frank embraced the vision God had originally given Jerry and Nola as his own and together they would begin to build new churches in Durango, México. This second marriage not only provided a husband for Nola, but equally important, a father figure for Marcos, Jerry, and Felipe. Later, the couple would give birth to two additional children–twin daughters–Nola and Lorena Warren.

Marcos’s education began with basic studies at the American School of Durango. He then studied classical music at the University of Juarez (Durango, México) and eventually he started his theological studies at the Institute Bible College in San Antonio, Texas. Currently, Marcos is working towards his masters degree at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In 1986, Marcos was married to Miriam Lee and together they have four children, Elena, Jonathan, Kristofer, and Carlos.

[edit] Career

In 1986, musician, songwriter, singer, author, speaker and pastor, Marcos founded CanZion Producciones when he recorded his first project, “Canción a Dios”. Today he has recorded 30 projects that are available on cassette, CD, and (his latest projects) on DVD. He has sold over 7,000,000 copies of his records in México, the United States and Latin America. Due to the exceptional growth of the company CanZion Producciones was then changed in 2002 to CanZion Group, LP.

In 1994 Marcos founded CanZion Institute, a school dedicated to the preparation of worship leaders and music ministers. Today there are over 3,000 students attending the 28 campuses of the Institute in 10 different countries throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

Marcos has written eight books including “Adoremos”, which has recently been translated to English, Portuguese and French and “Qué hacemos con estos músicos” in Portuguese. In the last three years, more than 3,000,000 people have attended Marcos's concerts in some of the main venues of Latin America. Concerts have been held in such places as "El Estadio Veléz Sarsfield" in Argentina, "El Estadio Nacional de Cuzcatlán" in El Salvador, "El Estadio Monumental" in Ecuador, "El Estadio El Campín" in Colombia, "El Palacio de los Deportes" and "El Estadio Azteca" in México City, just to name a few.

Since the year 2000 Marcos has participated in over 100 leadership conferences and seminars organized by LIDERE, a company dedicated to the equipping of leaders and pastors.

In 2001 Marcos received the Award by the People for his outstanding musical career; the award was presented by Ritmo Latino.

On September 15, 2002, Marcos along with his wife Miriam and their children began a new phase in their lives. Marcos was appointed the Senior Pastor of the Hispanic congregation at Lakewood Church, one of the largest churches in the United States. The Hispanic congregation of Lakewood Church has an active and growing congregation of more than 4,000 people and a TV program which airs every week in over 20 countries and can be watched live on the internet.

In September 2003 Marcos also received a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Christian Album, for “Sana Nuestra Tierra” (“Heal Our Land”). In November of that same year, Marcos recorded "Recordando Otra Vez" (“Remembering Once Again”), at the LA Sports Arena. This recording brought CanZion into the secular market because of its distribution agreement with Sony, who already had a solid plan for promotion and marketing in this area.

Included in Marcos' schedule is his frequent attendance to The White House, for diverse events in representation of the Evangelical Hispanic Community.

In 2004 Marcos received his second Latin Grammy for Best Christian Album for the recording of “Recordando Otra Vez.”

Witt won his third Latin Grammy for Best Christian Album for the recording of "Dios es Bueno" (God is Good) on November 2, 2006.

He released his most recent recording titled "Alegría" (Joy) on October 31, 2006. The album was recorded live in the country of Chile.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• "Canción a Dios" (1986)
• "Adoremos" (1988)
• "Proyecto AA" (1991)
• "Te Anhelo" (1992)
• "Te Exaltamos" (1992)
• "Poderoso" (1993)
• "Tú y Yo" (1994)
• "Lo Mejor de Marcos" (1994)
• "¡Alabadle!" (1994)
• "Recordando ...Una Misma Senda" (1995)
• "Venció" (1996)
• "Es Navidad" (1996)
• "Preparad el Camino" (1998)
• "Lo Mejor de Instrumentales" (1998)
• "Lo Mejor de Marcos II" (1998)
• "Enciende Una Luz" (1999)
• "Homenaje a Jesús" (2000)
• "Vencéu" (2000)
• "El Volvera" (2000)
• "Vivencias" (2001)
• "Sana Nuestra Tierra" (2001)
• "El Encuentro" (2002)
• "Lo Mejor de Marcos III" (2003)
• "Dios de Pactos" (2003)
• "Amazing God" (2003)
• "Recordando Otra Vez" (2004)
• "Tiempo de Navidad" (2004)
• "Antología" (2004)
• "Dios es Bueno" (2005)
• "Christmas Time" (2005)
• "Alegría" (2006)