Marsha Stevens

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Marsha Stevens-Pino (b. 1952) is a Christian musician, songwriter and an open lesbian.^[1]

In 1969, when she was 16, Stevens-Pino wrote "For Those Tears I Died (Come to the Water)", a song that was to become a hit in Christian circles. Along with her then-husband, Russ Stevens, Marsha formed the world's first Contemporary Christian Music group known as "Children of the Day". An entry in The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music states: "If Larry Norman is to be called the father of Christian Rock, then Marsha Stevens certainly deserves to be known as the mother of contemporary Christian music...she remains the progenitor of what, by 2002, would become the single most popular genre in the contemporary Christian music market."

Now ministering within the predominantly gay and lesbian Metropolitan Community Church as well as other independent Christian-Gay congregations, her ministry is called BALM - Born Again Lesbian Music. BALM tours the United States performing to churches, fellowships, and other groups.

Marsha still writes and records music and develops the talents of up and coming LGBT Christian musicians through BALM's "UP Beat!" program.

She is in a domestic partnership with Cindy Stevens-Pino. They both appeared (though unconfirmed if by invitation) at a Homecoming Concert in Tucson, Arizona in 2002 which was led by Bill Gaither.

[edit] CDs

• Songs of Praise in a Strange Land
• Is this the real you?
• In Retrospect
• The Waiting's Over
• The Gift is on the inside

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BALM Ministries