JOHN JOSEPH JAMES
FROM THE SPOTLIGHT TO REDEMPTION.. A Story Of Forgiveness, Grace, and Purpose.
Evangelist •Speaker •Singer •Author.
John James knows the heights of success and thedepths of brokenness. Once performing to crowds of hundreds of thousands and living the dream others envied, John's world fell apart behind the curtain. Addiction, pride, and spiritual emptiness brought him to his knees. But in that place of failure, he discovered the greatest truth: that God doesn't cancel the fallen He restores the repentant. Before walking away from the spotlight, John was the original lead singer and co-founder of one of the most recognized Christian bands of the 1990s. His story of rising to fame, losing everything, and finding Christ again-not on stage, but at rock bottom-has now become a powerful message of hope.
Today, John travels across America as a missionary to this nation, sharing his testimony and preaching in churches, conferences, youth events, schools, recovery centers, military bases and prisons. With raw honesty and biblical clarity, he calls this generation to turn from performance-driven faith and encounter the living Christ. John now ministers alongside his wife, Tanya, a gifted worship leader and speaker, as they share the healing truth that no one is too far gone for a second chance.
"What Ilost in fame, Igained in freedom. What Ifound in Christ, Iwouldn't trade for all the applause in the world." —John James
Worship Leader • Speaker • Author
Tanya James is a voice of hope for the broken, the bruised, and the quietly battling. Raised in a musical family and singing in church from the age of six, Tanya's life took her through seasons of beauty, heartbreak, and unexpected detours. Her story isn't one of perfection-but of powerful redemption. After years trapped in silence, a dark night of the soul led her not to despair, but to a keyboard, where God began healing her heart through worship and songwriting. Her debut album Captured was born not from fame- seeking ambition, but from raw, tear-stained moments of surrender. Each lyric carries the weight of a woman who has been there —who knows what it is to be shattered and yet held by grace.
Today, Tanya ministers across America in churches, conferences, recovery centers, and wo Now married to John James—former lead singer of the Newsboys— Tanya and John minister together as a powerful husband-and-wife team, carrying a message of mercy, restoration, and second chances.
"My scars used to bring me shame. Now they're the proof that healing is real — and Jesus still restores what the enemy tried to destroy." —Tanya James
TANYA JAMES
JOHN & TANYA JAMES
IREACHUSA
A Messenge of God of The Second Chance
John and Tanya James are living proof that God still restores what the enemy tried to destroy. Once the original lead singer and co-founder of the global Christian band Newsboys, John stood on some of the world's biggest stages. Yet behind the applause, his life was unraveling-addiction, pride, and spiritual emptiness brought him to rock bottom. But it was there, in the ashes of his success, that he encountered the relentless mercy of God.
Tanya's journey, too, is one marked by pain turned into purpose. Agifted worship leader and songwriter, her healing began at a keyboard-where brokenness turned into worship and sorrow gave birth to her debut album Captured. Her story of faith through the fire now ministers powerfully to women across America.
Together, John and Tanya carry a prophetic voice for this generation. With raw transparency, powerful worship, and a deep love for the gospel, they speak to churches, conferences, schools, recovery centers, military bases, and prisons-calling people back to Jesus, back to authenticity, and back to hope.
Their message is clear: No matter how far you've fallen, God is still the God of the second chance. "We are not here to perform. We're here to testify. What God has done in us, He can do in anyone." — John &Tanya James