![]() ![]() Julian Keith Getty was born on December 16, 1974, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to John Getty and Helen (née Irwin) Getty, the eldest of four children. Townend became an English Christian worship leader and writer of hymns and contemporary worship music who has led worship and performed events across the world at many conferences and festivals, including the Stoneleigh Bible Week in the early 1990s to the early 2000s. While at the university, he met Caroline, whom he married in 1988. ![]() He studied literature at the University of Sussex. Townend started learning to play the piano at age seven, and began songwriting at age 22. Stuart Townend was born in 1963, the son of Church of England vicar John Townend of Christ Church in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, the youngest of four children. While each is given equal credit for both words and music, it is generally understood that the original lyrics were penned by Townend and the melody was provided by Getty. ![]() INTRO.: A hymn which proclaims the uniqueness of the name of Christ by which we can be saved is “In Christ Alone.” The text was written and the tune was composed both by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. “…There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12) ![]()
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