Donald James known as “Don Moen” is an American singer, songwriter, pastor, and producer of Christian worship music. He was born on June 29,1950 and grew up in Minnesota. He attended Oral Roberts University and became a Living Sound musician for Terry Law Ministries and traveled with Terry Law for 10 years, before being hired to work for Integrity Music. Don Moen worked for Integrity Media for over 20 years, He produced 11 volumes for the Hosanna Music series of worship albums. His first album under his own name, Worship with Don Moen, was released in 1992 and the music has the total global sales of over five million units. Serving as a creative director and president of Integrity Music, president of Integrity Label Group, and an executive producer of Integrity Music albums. He left Integrity Media in December 2007 to start a new initiative, The Don Moen Company. The Don Moen Company acquired Media Complete, the church software company that created Media Shout. Moen became a radio host for Don Moen & Friends in 2009, Don Moen received a Dove Award for his work on the musical “God with Us” in addition to nine nominations for his songs.
He also worked with the likes of Claire Cloninger, Paul Overstreet, Martin J. Nystrom, Randy Rothwell, Ron Kenoly, Bob Fitts, Debbye Graafsma, Paul Baloche, Tom Brooks, among many others. He worked with musicians, Justo Almario, Carl Albrecht, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, Paul Jackson, Jr., Lenny LeBlanc and Chris Graham. He was instrumental in launching the music careers of Paul Baloche, Darlene Zschech, Israel Houghton, and Hillsong United. In 2009, Moen became a radio host for Don Moen & Friends. Don Moen received a Dove Award for his work on the musical God with Us in addition to nine nominations for his songs. His song “God Will Make a Way” was nominated for a Dove Award, and two years later, he won one for the musical God With Us.
Don Moen’s Notable Recordings
Don Moen’s first album for Hosanna Music, Give Thanks, became the label’s bestseller. Produced by Tom Brooks, Give Thanks went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA. Moen followed this with a number of albums of his own including two, “En Tu Presencia and Trono De Gracia” in Spanish. “God with Us” won the Dove Award for Best Musical. On an Asian tour in 1999 he recorded “The Mercy Seat” at Singapore Indoor Stadium and “Heal Our Land” at Yoido Park in South Korea, which was released in 2000. One of Moen’s albums, I Will Sing, was recorded at Christian Broadcasting Network
“God Will Make a Way”: The Best of Don Moen was released in 2003 and features 19 greatest hits. The title song was written for his sister-in-law and her husband, whose oldest son died in an auto accident while three other children were seriously injured. Don Moen’s “Hiding Place” became his first studio album which was recorded at Paragon Studios in Franklin Tennessee and was released in the autumn of 2006. I Believe There Is More was released in late 2008. His third studio recording titled “Uncharted Territory” (funded successfully through Kickstarter) was released on March 27, 2012. His new Christmas album, “Christmas”. “A Season of Hope” was released on October 22, 2012, and some songs were recorded at a studio in Czech Republic. Don Moen also released a new album titled “Hymnbook” as a celebration reaching over 1 million likes on his Facebook page.
Don Moen’s Discography
Give Thanks
- Released: 1986
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music, Sparrow, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
- Certification: Gold
Steadfast Love
- Released: 1988
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Bless the Lord
- Released: 1989
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music, Sparrow-Star song, Columbia, Song
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Christmas
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Sparrow- Star Song, Columbia, Sony.
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Eternal God
- Released: 1990
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Sparrow-Star Song, Columbia, Song
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1992
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Word
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Michael Coleman (Executive), Ed Lindquist (Executive)
God with Us
- Released: 1993
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Sparrow, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Tom Hartley (Executive)
- Certification: Dove Award
Trust in the Lord – Live Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape, video, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Mark Gasbarro, Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Michael Coleman (Executive)
Mighty Cross
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music
- Producer: Tom Hartley, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Rivers of Joy
- Released: 1995
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Emmanuel Has Come
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Steven V. Taylor, Chris Long (Executive), Michael Coleman (Senior Executive), Don Moen (Senior Executive)
Praise with Don Moen
- Released: 1996
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Michael Coleman (Executive), Don Moen (Executive)
Let Your Glory Fall
- Released: 1997
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Long (Executive)
God for Us
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Is Good – Worship with Don Moen
- Released: 1998
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
En Tu Presencia
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Isaac Hernandez, Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
More of You, Lord – Praise with Don Moen Volume 2
- Released: 1999
- Format: CD, tape
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Russell Fragar, Don Harris, Chris Springer, Darlene Zschech, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Give Thanks
- Released: 1999
- Format: VCD
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Mark Gasbarro, Steve Merkel, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
The Mercy Seat
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music Integrity Asia, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Heal Our Land (Don Moen & Paul Wilbur)
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
I Will Sing
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Epic, Sony.
- Producer: Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
God in Us
- Released: 2001
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: Tom Fettke, Don Moen (Executive), Randy Vader (Executive)
God Will Make a Way: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Epic, Sony
- Producer: Tom Brooks, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Trono de Gracia
- Released: 2003
- Format: CD, tape, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony.
- Producer: Miguel Angel “Malin” Villagran, Tom Brooks, Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Keith Manwaring (Executive), Dario Navac (Executive)
Thank You Lord
- Released: 2004
- Format: CD, tape, video, DVD, VCD, digital download
- Label: Integrity Music, Hosanna Music, CBN, Epic, Columbia, Sony.
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Arise: The Worship Legacy of Don Moen
- Released: 2006
- Format: Digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
Hiding Place
- Released: 2006
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony.
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
I Believe There Is More
- Released: 2008
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony.
- Producer: Don Moen, Michael Coleman (Executive)
With a Thankful Heart: The Best of Don Moen
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Integrity Asia
- Producer: Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Don Harris, Paul Mills, Don Moen, Andy Skarda (Executive)
Uncharted Territory
- Released: 2011
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records, in:ciite,EMI Christian Music Group
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Hymnbook
- Released: 2012
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer), Tom Lane
Christmas: A Season of Hope
- Released: October 22, 2012
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records, in:ciite, EMI Christian Music Group
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Ultimate Collection
- Released: March 5, 2013
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Integrity, Hosanna Music, Columbia, Sony.
- Producer: Tom Brooks, David Hamilton, Paul Mills, Steve Merkel, Don Moen, C. Ryan Dunham (Executive)
Hymns of Hope
- Released: Fall 2013
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: David Hamilton, Don Moen (Executive)
By Special Request: Volume One
- Released: 2015
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer)
God Will Make a Way: A Worship Musical
- Released: 2016
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records, Brentwood Benson
- Producer: Don Moen, Russell Mauldin, Luke Gambill (Executive), Johnathan Crumpton (Executive)
Grace (Don Moen & Frank Edwards)
- Released: 2016
- Format: Digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
By Special Request: Volume Two
- Released: 2017
- Format: CD, digital download
- Label: Don Moen Records
- Producer: Don Moen (Producer and Executive Producer)
Jehovah Wezi Manga (Don Moen & the Mahotella Queens)
- Released: 2017
- Format: digital download
- Label: Content Connect Africa
Don Moen’s Other recordings
- Hatiku (1995)
- Behold the Lamb (1997)
- Healing (1998)
- The Smithton Outpouring (1999)
- Hope Changes Everything (2000)
- Mas de Ti (2000)
- Sing for Joy: A Songwriter’s Heart (2002)
- Amor Sin Limites (2004)
- American Worship Gathering (2005)
- Arise: A Celebration of Worship (2006)
- Hope Changes Everything (2007)
- Cool Worship (2010)
- A Little Boy’s Prayer (2010)
- Marvin L. Winans Presents: The Praise & Worship Experience (2012)
- Bishop Jerry L. Maynard Presents: The Cathedral of Praise Choir (2012)
- Day and Night Worship (2015)
- We Will Stand (2015)
Awards and Nominations
Year | Association | Category | Result |
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1992 | Dove Awards | Song of the Year “God Will Make A Way” | Won |
Dove Awards | Creator – Children’s Musical Album of the Year I’m a Helper | Nominated | |
1993 | Dove Awards | Artist – Inspirational Album of the Year Worship with Don Moen | Won |
1994 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical Album of the Year God with Us | Won |
1995 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical Album of the Year Mighty Cross | Won |
1998 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical of the Year Emmanuel Has Come | Nominated |
1999 | Dove Awards | Creator – Musical of the Year God for Us | Won |
2001 | Dove Awards | Spanish Language Album of the Year En Tu Presencia | Nominated |
2003 | Dove Awards | Country Recorded Song of the Year “God Is Good All the Time” | Won |
Dove Awards | Creator – Musical of the Year God in Us | Nominated | |
2004 | Dove Awards | Spanish Language Album of the Year Trono de Gracia | Nominated |
Don Moen Relationship Life
Don Moen is happily married to Laura. They got married in 1973 and they are over 43Years in marriage and after waiting for a child for 12 years they are now blessed with five children together.
Don Moen Net Worth
Don Moen is estimated to be worth about $30 million.