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In 1968, he left the Air Force and the Mellows Fellows behind and shipped out to the City of Angels to go after his passion: music. Kenoly joined the Mellow Fellows, a top 40 cover band that toured military bases. It was also there that the humble beginnings of his music career were launched. It was in the military that he met and married Tavita, his wife of 42 years. When plans to make it in the big city fell through, he joined the Air Force in 1965. Kenoly states that when his mother, Edith Kenoly, was pregnant with him, she would rub her stomach, and her prayer was, "Lord let this one praise you." Īfter graduating from high school in his birthplace, Coffeyville, Kansas, Kenoly ventured out to Hollywood, California. Kenoly has also written a few books, one of them written with his pastor, Dick Bernal. So, he relocated the ministry to Central Florida where he continues to travel, speak, sing, teach and record.
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In 1999, he felt the call to move from California to the East Coast. In 1996, he received his Doctorate in Ministry of Sacred Music. He was sent out from the church as an ambassador to the world to help churches develop and find the balance between worship and the Word.
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So shortly afterwards, he was named Ambassador of Music at Jubilee Christian Center. Churches not only wanted him to come lead praise and worship, but also to help them develop their music departments. In 1993, after the two Integrity recordings, he started receiving invitations from all over the world. When he became music pastor, he became the shepherd over the entire music department at Jubilee Christian Center. As worship leader, his sole focus was leading worship service. Not long after that, in 1987, he was ordained and installed as Music Pastor. He started out as a worship leader at Jubilee Christian Center in San Jose, California. He began working in full-time ministry in 1985. He was signed to Integrity Music, but is no longer recording for them. Welcome Home produced by Tom Brooks was also critically acclaimed, becoming Billboard's Top contemporary worship music album, and winning a Gospel Music Association Dove Award for "Praise and Worship Album" in 1997. His critical success came in 1992 when Lift Him Up became the fastest selling worship album to that point. He was originally with a group called The Mellow Fellows, but family issues caused him to leave the group. His music career began following time spent in the United States Air Force. He holds several degrees, including a music degree from Alameda College, a Master of Divinity from Faith Bible College, and a Doctorate of Ministry in Sacred music from Friends International Christian University. Although Kenoly himself only plays on one of his recordings, he leads comfortably with his voice and is always backed up by musicians and a large choir. His musical style is one of jubilant praise and individual excellence on musical instruments. Ron Kenoly (born December 6, 1944) is an American Christian worship leader, singer, and songwriter whose expressed mission is "to create an environment for the manifest presence of God".