Canaan grew up as a pastor’s kid in the central valley of California. Being raised in the Church, he started leading worship at the age of 12 in kid’s ministry! This began to shine the light on what would become his calling. 

Canaan currently is the lead worship pastor of New Life Church in Renton, WA which is going on its 100th year of existence. He serves there with his wife Emilie, daughter Brave, and son Josiah.

God began opening the door for him to write original music for New Life as well as the greater Church as a whole. At the same time he helped launch One Voice Worship INT which kicked off their debut album with the release of his song “More Like Jesus”.

Since its release, God has used it to bless many communities and individuals across the world. Canaan loves to serve the Church as an artist and has had the privilege of writing with other teams, churches, and artists across the country and is excited to continue using this expression of worship to bless and resource the Church.