Children of the Day

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Children of the Day
Background information
Genre(s)	Christian: Jesus music
Years active	1971 (1971) - 1979 (1979)
Members
Marsha Stevens Wendy Carter Russ Stevens Peter Jacobs

Children of the Day was a Jesus music group from 1971 to 1979.

Contents 1 Musical career 1.1 Beginnings 1.2 Career 1.3 Later Years 1.3.1 The group's demise 1.3.2 Aftermath 2 Members 3 Discography 4 External Links 5 References

[edit] Musical career

[edit] Beginnings

Following the conversion of high schooler Marsha Carter to Christianity, she led sister Wendy and friend Peter Jacobs to Christianity. ^[1] Later, Russ Stevens joined. Following the release of their first album, Marsha Carter married Russ Stevens.

[edit] Career

Their first album was Come to the Waters, released in 1971. For the project, the group borrowed $900 from Calvary Chapel pastor Chuck Smith to produce the album, which included what would become the group's best known song, "For Those Tears I Died". They then released With All Our Love in 1973, Where Else Could I Go in 1975, Christmas Album the same year for Marantha! Music. They would release two more albums with the Light Records label; 1977's Never Felt So Free and 1979's Butterfly, after which the group disbanded.

[edit] Later Years

[edit] The group's demise

After the Butterfly album was released, Marsha and Russ Stevens divorced. This was then followed by Marsha Stevens announced that she was a lesbian^[2]. In his "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music", Mark Powell referred to it as "Contemporary Christian Music's first official scandal".

[edit] Aftermath

Stevens has since founded the Born Again Lesbian Ministry label and has released several albums there. Peter Jacobs currently runs the Pete Jacobs Wartime Revue, an online group performing songs in a 1940's big-band era style. He also created and produced the Colby's Clubhouse television series.

[edit] Members

• Marsha Stevens
• Wendy Carter
• Russ Stevens
• Peter Jacobs

[edit] Discography

• Come to the Waters (1971)
• With All Our Love (1973)
• Where Else Could I Go (1975)
• Christmas Album (1975)
• Never Felt So Free (1977)
• Butterfly (1979)

[edit] External Links

• A City on a Hilltop book written by Daniel Mount; mentions the group
• Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.

[edit] References