Ron Kenoly, a worship leader who shaped modern praise music died Tuesday morning.
Kenoly’s death was announced by his long time music director and close friend Bruni Miranda. He was globally celebrated for his powerful live worship recordings and his influential role in shaping contemporary praise and worship music from around the world.
“For over 20 years, I had the honor of walking alongside him in ministry around the world, not just as his music director, but as a son, a student, and a witness to a life marked by faithfulness,” Miranda wrote. “He was never an artist, never an entertainer. He was a worship leader.”
“And he took all the time necessary to explain what that truly meant. A worship leader’s calling is not to perform songs, but to lead people into true worship in the presence of a King; the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. … Today we grieve deeply but not without hope. The worship he lived is now the worship he beholds.”
Kenoly, best known for “Ancient of Days,” “Anointing Fall On Me” and “Jesus Is Alive,” rose to international prominence in the early 1990s as a central figure in the contemporary praise and worship movement.
No cause of death was disclosed. May we all keep his family and friends in prayer.
