Worship Summit

Kirk is the newly appointed Director of Lifeway Worship. He is an ordained minister, a respected worship leader, an in-demand studio singer, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, a published music arranger, and a professional counselor. He was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL in the home of two educators. Early on Kirk’s father, Camp Kirkland, became the instrumental director at their home church, First Baptist, so Kirk was raised loving the church and the music of the church. He was trained in music education and has a Bachelor's degree from Florida State University. He felt called to ministry while in college and has been in various forms of music ministry for over 30 years. Beginning in 1999 Kirk has traveled and sung with his best friend, Tim Henning, and their wives in a vocal group called Evidence. Their focus has been to encourage and challenge the Body of Christ through music and testimony. Kirk felt called to more ministry training later in his career, so he completed a Master's degree in Counseling at Trevecca Nazarene University in 2008. Until taking his new role he’s been the Minister of Music & Worship, and the Pastoral Counselor, at Judson Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, where he resides with his wife, Julianne, and their 3 children, Campbell, Kate and Caleb.