Stephen McWhirter
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worshipjesus.comBefore “Come Jesus Come,” Stephen McWhirter was an addict who hated Jesus. He grew up the son of a preacher and wanted nothing to do with any of it. After eleven years of addiction, Jesus saved his life. Now he’s the writer of that Grammy-winning song, a Dove and BMI Award winner, and the author […]
Before “Come Jesus Come,” Stephen McWhirter was an addict who hated Jesus. He grew up the son of a preacher and wanted nothing to do with any of it. After eleven years of addiction, Jesus saved his life.
Now he’s the writer of that Grammy-winning song, a Dove and BMI Award winner, and the author of the ECPA bestseller Radically Restored: How Knowing Jesus Heals Our Brokenness (Zondervan, foreword by Lee Strobel). Recorded by CeCe Winans featuring Shirley Caesar, “Come Jesus Come” won Best Gospel Song at the 2026 Grammys and Gospel Song of the Year at the 2025 Dove Awards and has amassed over 100 million streams. His own recording has been heard hundreds of millions of times across platforms.
His new album, Death Never Stood a Chance, produced by Colby Wedgeworth and Luke Johns, leads with the single “How Bad” (radio January 4, 2027) — a song about finding out and never forgetting how bad we need God. Tens of thousands have come to Christ through Stephen’s story and music.