Worship Leader magazine was founded as a journal 20 years ago, by Dr. Charles Fromm, and began publishing in its present day magazine format in 1990. The staff, writers, and columnists each work diligently to serve our readership of over 40,000 subscribers for this purpose:

Our Mission Is:

Believing that God is the Audience of our worship, we provide a trusted gathering place in our changing world, a point of excellence where the global worship community can connect, communicate, sharpen their skills and be offered a platform to author multi-media devotional arts that direct the Church toward the one true worship leader—Jesus Christ.

Chuck Fromm, Ph D Publisher - Editor In Chief Chuck Fromm is the Publisher of Worship Leader magazine, Song DISCovery and The Worshiper magazine. The former owner of Maranatha! Music, Chuck served for more than 25 years as President of Maranatha! Music where he was the visionary leader instrumental in developing the Praise Series, the Kids Praise Series, Psalms Alive!, The Words of Worship, and the Gospel of John illustrated by the acclaimed artist Rick Griffen. Recognized for his many contributions to the Christian Music Industry, he was given the Presidents Award in 1991 by the National Religious Broadcasters and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990 from the Gospel Music Association. He continues to make significant contributions to the Christian music community—most recently through the completion of his doctoral dissertation entitled: Textual Communities and New Song in the Multi Media Age: The Routinization of Charisma in the Jesus Movement. He resides in Southern California with his wife Stephanie and his five amazing children. Chuck Fromm, Ph D Publisher - Editor In Chief	Daniele Kimes National Sales Manager Daniele Kimes is the Director of Sales & Marketing for all Worship Leader properties; which include Worship Leader Magazine, The Worshiper, Song Discovery and all Electronic Media. Daniele is responsible for overseeing the Nashville sales office and working with current and new accounts to help them most strategically reach their potential customer by utilizing the Worship Leader brand. With over 7 years of sales and marketing experience in the print publishing industry, as former Account Manager of Salem Publishing, and assisting with the launch of Church Connection Magazine, Daniele brings a variety of skills and knowledge to best represent her customers and lead the sales team. Daniele lives in Nashville where she continues to perfect her show stopping karaoke rendition of Proud Mary. Daniele Kimes National Sales Manager
Phil Sillas Song Discovery A&R Phil’s diverse experience as a songwriter (Avalon, Jaci Velasquez, Natalie Grant, David Foster, Aaron Neville, among others), music producer (GB5, The Peculiar People Band and Plus One) and composer (Black Hawk Down, Enemy of the State, “Melrose Place,” “Touched By an Angel,” “Dawson’s Creek,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “King of The Hill” and others) has been put to good use as the Song DISCovery A&R. His position finds him gathering and listening to over 1,000 songs per listening period to discover the 20 or more that will go before a final selection board for each volume Song DISCovery. Before joining the Worship Leader team, Phil has also been a staff songwriter for Black Oak Publishing, Warner Chapel, Word Publishing, Brentwood-Benson Publishing and Justice Music, to name a few. Phil, his wife, Karen, and son, Andre, live in San Clemente, CA. Phil also plays the keyboards (in his free time) alongside Holland Davis for the Ocean Hills Church worship team. Phil Sillas Song Discovery A&R	Suzie Stablein Director of Training and Development Suzie Stablein is the Director of Training & Development for Worship Leader magazine, The Worshiper and Song DISCovery. Suzie is responsible for the training arm of the organization with a goal to provide quality training and resources for worship leaders, songwriters, artists, pastors, and all of our customers world-wide. With over 15 years invested in church training, as the former conference program manager at Purpose Driven Ministries, and having launched the Worship Leader Workshops through Maranatha Music, she brings a depth of knowledge and understanding to programming both on the large scale national event and to smaller regional training seminars. With a background as a worship leader herself in a small Southern Baptist Church, Suzie has a heart for the joys and struggles that worship leaders face every day. Suzie and her husband Jerry live in Lake Forest, California with their daughter Mileena. Suzie Stablein Director of Training and Development
Jeremy Armstrong Managing Editor As the associate editor of Worship Leader magazine, Jeremy Armstrong serves as the in-house music critic, the staff writer, and an editor and copy editor of all the words that are published. With a degree in literature from Point Loma Nazarene University and a passion for the written word, Jeremy’s unique gifts help shape the direction of each of Worship Leader’s magazines and special projects. He is also a worship leader for a youth group designed for people with disabilities where on a weekly basis the praise is offered with little reservation and lots of grace. Jeremy Armstrong Managing Editor	Alissa Smith Sales Associate A graduate of the University of California Santa Cruz, Alissa brings her knowledge of marketing and business communications to the table in her role on the Worship Leader sales and marketing team. She has a passion for her clients and enjoys using her experience to help them find creative ways to share their products with Worship Leader subscribers. When not closing sales in Worship Leader's Nashville offices, she enjoys photography, renovating her condo, watching football and spending time with her family and friends. She grew up in Southern California but is now happy to consider Nashville, Tennessee, her home. Go Chargers! Alissa Smith Sales Associate
John Faries Production and Web Properties Manager As the production manager, John is responsible for ensuring the magazines, CDs, websites and other projects are completed on schedule. He also oversees the relationships with our vendors and supports our advertisers. John comes to Worship Leader with 18 years in the commercial printing industry and a degree in Graphic Communication from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He has a servant’s heart and seeks to serve his co-workers, friends, neighbors and his local church in any way so as to live out 1 Peter 4:10 "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms." John Faries Production and Web Properties Manager

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