Karen Wheaton
Encyclopedia
Karen Harris Wheaton Towe is an American Pentecostal
preacher, Gospel music
singer and recording artist based in Hamilton
, Alabama
whose career has spanned the late 1970s until the present time. She has toured throughout the U.S. performing at events that also featured preachers and Christian artists such as Jimmy Swaggart
, Benny Hinn
and the Gaither Homecoming
. Her singing voice is classified in the Mississippi Delta
style, which is fused with blues
, urban contemporary gospel
, and bluegrass
gospel influences. She is the Director and Founder of "The Ramp," a youth rally and concert ministry in Hamilton, Alabama.
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
preacher, Gospel music
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
singer and recording artist based in Hamilton
Hamilton, Alabama
Hamilton is a city in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 6,786. The city is the county seat of Marion County.-Geography:Hamilton is located at , along the Buttahatchee River....
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
whose career has spanned the late 1970s until the present time. She has toured throughout the U.S. performing at events that also featured preachers and Christian artists such as Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Swaggart
Jimmy Lee Swaggart is a Pentecostal American pastor, teacher, musician, television host, and televangelist. He has preached to crowds around the world through his weekly telecast...
, Benny Hinn
Benny Hinn
Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn הין; born December 3, 1952) is a televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades" – revival meeting/faith healing summits that are usually held in large stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your...
and the Gaither Homecoming
Gaither Homecoming
Gaither Homecoming is the name applied to a series of videos, music recordings and concerts, which are organized, promoted and usually presented by Christian music songwriter and impresario Bill Gaither...
. Her singing voice is classified in the Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Delta
The Mississippi Delta is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. The region has been called "The Most Southern Place on Earth" because of its unique racial, cultural, and economic history...
style, which is fused with blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
, urban contemporary gospel
Urban contemporary gospel
Traditional black gospel is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
, and bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
gospel influences. She is the Director and Founder of "The Ramp," a youth rally and concert ministry in Hamilton, Alabama.
Discography
- 1982- Holy Sprirt Touch Through Me
- 1985- Karen Wheaton
- 1988- Know My Heart
- 1989- Live In The Spirit (Wheaton's first live recording)
- 1991- Promise
- 1992- Remembering
- 1993- Miracle In Motion
- 1994- Pentecostal Fire
- 1995- There Is A God
- 1996- Gentle Breezes
- 1997- I'm Still Here
- 1998- A Healed Heart
- 1999- My Alabaster Box
- 2000- Church (A cd consisting of new and previously unreleased tracks performed live for the first time)
- 2002- Nothin' But Good - Celebrating 20 Years Of Ministry (Wheaton's first "Best Of" Collection)
- 2003- Freedom
- 2006- Believe